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.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Only a few of their family members were in the audience, but clergy and civic leaders addressed them directly in speeches before the mostly Latino congregation.
—Teo Armus, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregation. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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