A congregation is an assembly of people for a given purpose.
Examples of congregations include:
- The members of a place of worship
- Congregation (Roman Curia) - an administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church
- Congregation (Catholic) - a religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken
- Congregation (university) - an assembly of senior members of a university
- Congregation (human geography) - the territorial and residential clustering of specific groups or subgroups of people
Congregation may also be:
- Congregation (album), by The Afghan Whigs
- English Congregation, an English pop group formerly known as The Congregation
See also
A congregation is a type of Dicastery (department with a jurisdiction of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church. A congregation is a religious institute of Roman Catholics in which only Simple vows not solemn vows are taken A congregation is a formal meeting of senior members of a University, especially in the United Kingdom. Human geography is a branch of Geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the environment with particular reference to Congregation is an album by The Afghan Whigs, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music) English Congregation was a British pop ensemble. They formed in England under the name The Congregation but changed their name in 1972 Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregateDictionary
congregation
-noun
- A large gathering of people
- 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.
- a corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- The collective noun for eagles.
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