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Another word for congregation

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Noun

  1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together

    See also:

    collect

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Another word for congregation

Noun
  1. See also:

    gathering

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The congregation chooses all the officers, and these form a church council.

  • As the congregation sang a hymn, a deep voice could be heard above the others, strong and confident.

  • Congregation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri >>

  • Gregory founded the Congregation of the Propaganda, encouraged missions, fixed the order to be observed in conclaves, and canonized Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Philip Neri and Theresa de Jesus.

  • south-east, on the verge of Haddingtonshire, is Carberry Hill, where Mary surrendered to the lords of the Congregation in 1567, the spot being still known as Queen Mary's Mount.

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