Definition of congregation | Bee Dictionary of English

n a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
n an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph
a great congregation of birds flew over
n the act of congregating

His congregation on the Far Southwest Side of Chicago is predominantly black, and while services include prayers and biblical passages in Hebrew, the worshipers sometimes break .
Dont get carried away with that eighth-grade graduation, he said, bringing many members of the congregation to their feet, applauding.
The congregation's rabbi, Shmuel Spiegel, has said the building needed such extensive repairs that even with the financial help, the congregation could not afford to fix it.

Healing Arts Expo set for Saturday
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Outer Banks in Kitty Hawk will host a Healing Arts Expo on Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
June 12, 2013 - Outer Banks Sentinel
Congregation evicted by fire finds temporary home
LYNN —Since losing their Liberty Street church building to a fire last month, El Siloe’s congregation members have found a place to worship in a fellow Seventh-Day Adventist church’s basement on Breed Street.
June 11, 2013 - The Daily Item
Congregation offered free place to worship
DANVILLE -- A congregation is finding new spiritual shelter after a fire last week.
June 6, 2013 - WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana

Javier Lozano Barragan in Christian Post
We have prepared a detailed study on condoms from both the scientific and moral points of view and we have passed our study on to the Congregation for the Faith,Barragan said. "Now the dossier is being studied by that office and then it...
St Pius X in AFP
The conservative Roman Catholic Saint Pius X Society for Latin America said Williamson's comments "in no way reflect the position of our congregation," and said the bishop "cannot speak with ecclesiastical authority except on matters...