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Noun
/ˌkäNGgrəˈgāSHən/,
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congregations, plural;
  1. A group of people assembled for religious worship

  2. A group of people regularly attending a particular place of worship
    • - that church took the place of the storefront the congregation had used before the war
  3. A gathering or collection of people, animals, or things
    • - large congregations of birds may cause public harm
  4. The action of gathering together in a crowd
    • - drought conditions lead to congregation of animals around watering points
  5. A council or deliberative body

  6. (in the Roman Catholic Church) A permanent committee of the College of Cardinals
    • - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  7. (in some universities) A general assembly of resident senior members

  8. A group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders
    • - the sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady
  9. A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links

  1. (congregation) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
  2. (congregational) relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation; "congregational membership"; "congregational singing"
  3. (Congregation (Roman Curia)) A congregation is a type of dicastery (department with a jurisdiction) of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church.
  4. (Congregation (university)) A congregation is a formal meeting of senior members of a university, especially in the United Kingdom.
  5. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
  6. (The congregation) English Congregation were a British pop ensemble. They formed in England under the name The Congregation, but changed their name in 1972 to avoid confusion with other similarly-named bands. The group's lead singer was Brian Keith, and they had a hit single in the U.S. ...
  7. (congregation) A gathering of faithful in a Christian church, Jewish synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. ...
  8. (congregation) a group of people gathered for religious worship
  9. (Congregation) the group of people who attend church; the members present for the worship service.
  10. (Congregation) A gathering of people, usually of believers, in a common religious faith.
  11. (congregation) the gathered community during worship
  12. (CONGREGATION) The Assembly of people in a mosque is called Jam'ah , the term used in Afghanistan for the mosque itself.
  13. (CONGREGATION) A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body. In the ecclesiastical law this term is used to designate certain bureaux at Rome, where ecclesiastical matters are attended to. ...
  14. (Congregation (of JWs)) A group of JWs, locally organized to work as a unit, usually numbering less than 200 people.
  15. (Congregation) A term similar in meaning/connotation to “community” and “order.”
  16. (Congregation) All religious communities begun since 1752. The term preferred rather than order.
  17. (Congregation) Refers to a distinct Religious family, such as the RSM - Sisters of Mercy, Dominicans, Jesuits, etc. The word Order is sometimes used instead.
  18. (Congregation) broadly understood as those present at a religious service. Technically baptised members of a christian community.
  19. (Congregation) the local unit of a religious body
  20. (Congregation) the people seated in the pews for mass.
  21. (congregation) (1) A term used for some Vatican departments that are responsible for important areas of church life, such as worship and sacraments, the clergy, and saints' causes. ...
  22. (congregation) 1. The entire collection of 144,000 {spiritual Israelites}, in heaven and on earth. (Compare Act 9:31; 1Co 15:9.) 2. All true worshipers of Jehovah as a collective entity, including {other sheep} and {unbaptized associates}. ...
  23. (congregation) A close community of monasteries within the same monastic order.
  24. (congregation) Group of no more than 200 Witnesses meeting at a Kingdom Hall. {1}
  25. (congregation) The residential clustering of an ethnic minority through choice (rather than involuntary segregation brought about by structural constraints and discrimination).