congregation
noun
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The verb congregate may be used for spontaneous gatherings. A crowd quickly congregates at the scene of an accident, for example, just as cows, sheep, or horses tend to congregate during a storm. And under military rule, citizens are often forbidden to congregate on street corners or anywhere else. But a congregation is generally a group that has gathered for a formal purpose, usually in church. The Congregational Church was originally the church of the Puritan settlers, in which each congregation governed its own church independent of any higher authority.
Examples of congregation in a Sentence
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
The air is thick, the landscape breathtaking, and Ryan Coogler drops us in the middle of it all as a young Sammie (Miles Caton) wanders, haunted, into his preacher father's congregation.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The exultant and tragic horn calls in the symphonies and in Das Lied von der Erde—were these not the potent echoes of the shofar summoning the congregation on High Holidays?
—David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
For many, the morning congregation is no longer just a sacred moment of worship followed by a quick departure.
—Tiana Randall, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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