flock
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2.0
- noun
- /flɑk/
:
congregación
- "Fine was nodding with the gravity of a clergyman comforting his flock in the face of collective tragedy.
- shepherd and his flock
- members of the flock
- urge the flock
And you don't have to look any further than the flock that comes out of these churches.
- And you don't have to look any further than the flock that comes out of these churches.
- And you see that from their mega church pastors all the way down to the flock.
- I don't want a bunch of people chasing me around, you know, becoming, you know, my flock.
- And so, you know, for me, one of the greatest challenges we all got is who's our flock?
- And his flock, the people in his flock, the people that I know that attend this church are not big thinkers.
- So the pastor has to themself be ready to lay down their life for the sake of their flock.
- That's how David Koresh left the world, ruling over his flock in the compound, just like Jim Jones at Jonestown.
- And I might say something like if you hand over your web presence to an app or another company, well, you're not going to stand out from the flock.
Examples
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The pastor spoke passionately to his flock about the importance of community service.
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Hemmingsen continued to emphasize the needs of the flock in his section on preaching.
Academic text (2004) -
Martin Bradford, father of our flock, has returned.
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Tend to your own flock.
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In the autumn, he joined the flock for the long journey south.
Fiction book (1997) -
- You care about your flock, don't you?
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In the cases of Panzer and Davis, the bishops deliberately led their flock away from sound church teaching.
Academic text (2004) -
Karl stepped aside as the trembling members of his flock filed hurriedly into the cemetery.
Fiction book (1991) -
Preachers told their flocks that the world full of heathens, and evil, and war, and ignorance, had brought this on itself.
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During the tour, the guide gathered the flock of tourists to share interesting facts about the city.
Synonyms
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1.0
Many people or things are close together in one place
∞
1.4
A group of people who are often friends
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1.0
The people who meet regularly for Christian worship in the same place
320
1.0
A group of animals or people who act together
203
1.0
A meeting of people for a social or special purpose
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6.8
A group of close friends who go out together
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7.5
A group of people who belong to the same church
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1.7
A group of people gathered for a short time to do something
9
2.7
A group of people or animals that move together in an orderly way
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3.4
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
People who share similar interests often spend time together
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flock for a group of people also comes from the old English flocc, using the image of a shepherd with his animals. So people who follow one leader, like church members, are called a flock.