congregation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
congregation/kɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a group of people assembled for religious worship.
■ a group of people obeying a common religious rule.
- 2 a gathering or collection of people or things.
■ the action of congregating.
- 3 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a permanent committee of the College of Cardinals.
■ Brit. (in some universities) a general assembly of resident senior members.
'congregation' also found in these Oxford entries:
benediction
- cantor
- chorister
- congregant
- congregational
- flock
- mihrab
- oratory
- pastor
- pew
- precentor
- propaganda
- sheep
- shepherd
- suffrage
- Sulpician
- synagogue
- trickle
- versicle
