- an assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship.
- the act of congregating or the state of being congregated.
- a gathered or assembled body; assemblage.
- an organization formed for the purpose of providing for worship of God, for religious education, and for other church activities; a local church society.
- the people of Israel. Exodus 12:3,6; Leviticus 4:13.
- the Christian church in general.
- Roman Catholic Church.
- a committee of cardinals or other ecclesiastics.
- a community of men or women, either with or without vows, observing a common rule.
- (at English universities) the general assembly of the doctors, fellows, etc.
- (in colonial North America) a parish, town, plantation, or other settlement.
- a group of persons gathered for worship, prayer, etc, esp in a church or chapel
- the act of congregating or collecting together
- a group of people, objects, etc, collected together; assemblage
- the group of persons habitually attending a given church, chapel, etc
- RC Church
- a society of persons who follow a common rule of life but who are bound only by simple vows
- an administrative subdivision of the papal curia
- an administrative committee of bishops for arranging the business of a general council
- an assembly of senior members of a university
