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. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsary form)
A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body
A gathering of people in a Christian church, Jewish synagogue, mosque or other religious assembly. It can also refer to the people who are present at a worship service in the building, particularly in contrast to the minister, rabbi or choir who may be seated apart from the general congregation
an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass
The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services
A term that refers to the local religious group, typically members of a given church, mosque, parish, synagogue, worship community, etc
Literally, the people who have gathered for worship The term has two meanings: Those presently assembled for worship All of the people who make up the local church’s constituency
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
The legislative body consisting of most of the academics in the University which refused to give Maggie Thatcher her honorary Oxford degree It also decides on various other University matters You must wear a gown to attend so not many people do - except where an ex-Prime Minister is concerned
The groups of people who make up the local church, or the members of a local church who are present for worship
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} <<When we read about {persecution} of our brothers and sisters in other parts, it affects the whole congregation >> (Also compare Act 20: 28 ) 3 Organized groups of Christians who regularly meet together at the same time and place Context normally helps to clarify which sense is meant When speaking to someone in one's own congregation, ``the congregation'' usually means that particular group, as distinct from others <<It seems as though the congregation has been lax about turning in field service reports on time lately >>
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees
() From Latin congregātiō, from congregare "to herd together", itself from com- "together" + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather" (from grex "a flock, herd"); adopted c.1340 by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Greek (ekklesia) ('those called together, (popular) meeting'; hence Latin ecclesia 'church') in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church