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
Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2025
Foulis lost to Joe Lloyd in the third U.S. Open, which was held at Chicago Golf Club in September 1897.
1982: The Wellington Avenue Church congregation voted to join the sanctuary movement — becoming just the second church in the United States to harbor refugees who entered the country illegally.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Each congregation has had members who self-deported under pressure by ICE agents.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Last year, her congregation gathered in a church that was not theirs for the first time since the storm.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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