Associations to the word «Congregationalism»

Wiktionary

CONGREGATIONALISM, noun. Any of several forms of church organization in which each congregation is responsible for its own government
CONGREGATIONALISM, noun. A system of self-governing Protestant churches

Dictionary definition

CONGREGATIONALISM, noun. System of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats