- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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