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CONGREGATIONS
- CONGREGATION [n]
- CONGREGATION, an organized body of believers in a particular locality [n]
- A group of people assembled for religious worship
- A group of people regularly attending a particular place of worship
- A gathering or collection of people, animals, or things
- The action of gathering together in a crowd
- A council or deliberative body
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) A permanent committee of the College of Cardinals
- (in some universities) A general assembly of resident senior members
- A group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders
- A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links