Application and Congregation

noun

• The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose.
  • usage: "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
  • synonyms: practical application
• A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.
  • usage: "December 31 is the deadline for applications"
• The work of applying something.
  • usage: "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
  • synonyms: coating, covering
• A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.
  • usage: "he has tried several different word processing applications"
  • synonyms: application program, applications programme
• Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.
  • usage: "a lotion for dry skin"
  • synonyms: lotion
• A diligent effort.
  • usage: "it is a job requiring serious application"
  • synonyms: diligence
• The action of putting something into operation.
  • usage: "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"

• (n.) The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
• (n.) The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
• (n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
• (n.) A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
• (n.) The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
• (n.) The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
• (n.) The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
• (n.) The thing applied.
• (n.) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Application is a request for a loan that includes the information about the potential borrower, the property and the requested loan that the solicited lender needs to make a decision. In a narrower sense, the application refers to a standardized application form called the "1003" which the borrower is obliged to fill out.

1. The system or problem to which a computer is applied. Reference is often made to an application as being either of the computational type (arithmetic computations predominate) or of the data processing type (data handling operations predominate).

noun

• A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.
  • synonyms: fold, faithful
• An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together.
  • usage: "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"
• The act of congregating.
  • synonyms: congregating

• (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.
• (n.) A collection or mass of separate things.
• (n.) The act of congregating or bringing together or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
• (n.) The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
• (n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
• (n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
• (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
• (n.) An assembly of persons; a gathering; especially an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.