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meeting
A series of horse or dog races held during a period of days at a certain track
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  1. A series of horse or dog races held during a period of days at a certain track
  2. A place or instance of junction or intersection.
  3. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
group
(Linguistics) A category of related languages that is less inclusive than a family.
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  1. (Linguistics) A category of related languages that is less inclusive than a family.
  2. (Mathematics) A set with an operation whose domain is all ordered pairs of members of the set, such that the operation is binary (operates on two elements) and associative, the set contains the identity element of the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element for the operation. The positive and negative integers and zero form a set that is a group under the operation of ordinary addition, since zero is the identity element of addition and the negative of each integer is its inverse. Groups are used extensively in quantum physics and chemistry to model phenomena involving symmetry and invariance.
  3. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
assemblage
A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
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  1. A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
  2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
  3. A group of persons or things gathered together; assembly
assemblage
A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
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  1. A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
  2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
  3. A group of persons or things gathered together; assembly
assembly
A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.
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  1. A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.
  2. The act of putting together such set of pieces.
  3. A legislative body
body
The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
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  1. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
  2. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
  3. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group:
company
(Mil.) A body of troops; specif., the lowest administrative unit, as of infantry, normally composed of two or more platoons and a headquarters
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  1. (Mil.) A body of troops; specif., the lowest administrative unit, as of infantry, normally composed of two or more platoons and a headquarters
  2. A group of individuals, such as an association, corporation, partnership, or union, associated for the purpose of carrying out, maintaining, or performing a commercial or industrial enterprise. A group of individuals, such as an association, corporation, partnership, or union, associated for the purpose of carrying out, maintaining, or performing a commercial or industrial enterprise.
  3. A group of persons:
conclave
Any private or secret meeting
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  1. Any private or secret meeting
  2. A secret or confidential meeting.
  3. A meeting of family members or associates.
conference
A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
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  1. A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
  2. A national or district governing body of the Methodist Church
  3. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
congress
A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
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  1. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
  2. The body of Senators and Representatives during any of the two-year terms of Representatives
  3. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
convention
An assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group
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  1. An assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group
  2. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
  3. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
convocation
The district represented at such an assembly.
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  1. The district represented at such an assembly.
  2. A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
  3. A group that has been convoked; esp., an ecclesiastical or academic assembly
crowd
A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
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  1. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
  2. A group of people attending a public function; an audience:
  3. A large number of things positioned or considered together.
gathering
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
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  1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
  2. An assembly of persons; a meeting.
  3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
group
(Chemistry) Two or more atoms that are bound together and act as a unit in a number of chemical compounds, such as a hydroxyl (OH) group.
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  1. (Chemistry) Two or more atoms that are bound together and act as a unit in a number of chemical compounds, such as a hydroxyl (OH) group.
  2. (Mathematics) A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
  3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
meeting
An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
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  1. An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
  2. An encounter between people, even accidental.
  3. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
muster
The persons or things assembled; assemblage
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  1. The persons or things assembled; assemblage
  2. A gathering or collection:
  3. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
troop
An armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
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  1. An armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
  2. A group of soldiers.
  3. A body of soldiers
get-together
An informal social gathering or meeting
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  1. An informal social gathering or meeting
  2. (Informal) A meeting or gathering; a party or social function.
  3. A meeting.
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  • 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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