congregation

The definition of a congregation is a gathering of people, or people who share the same faith and habitually attend the same church.

(noun)

All of the people who attend a particular church are an example of the church's congregation.

See congregation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a congregating or being congregated
a gathering of people or things; assemblage
an assembly of people for religious worship or teaching
the members of a particular place of worship
☆ a settlement, town, or parish in the colonies of early New England where Congregationalism was established
Bible the whole body or assembly of Israelites
R.C.Ch.
1. any of certain religious communities following a common rule
2. a division of an order, made up of a group of monasteries
3. a committee, as of cardinals, in charge of some department of church affairs

Origin: ME congregacioun < OFr congregation or L congregatio, an assembling (in ML(Ec), religious community)

See congregation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of assembling.
A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.
a. A group of people gathered for religious worship.
b. The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
Roman Catholic Church
a. A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
b. A division of the Curia.

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