1
as in church
a body of persons gathered for religious worship
the whole congregation began to sing with great fervor
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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
a congregation of journalists were at the hotel bar, discussing the latest developments
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Recent Examples of congregation
This was the world’s largest reptile congregation, an ecological phenomenon unlike anything else on Earth.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
It's now used as an educational community center, as the congregation built a new church in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Jalynn Hilton, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
The former pastor of a Virginia megachurch has been convicted of burglary and stalking after video captured him sneaking into the home of a previous member of his congregation.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
The dispute has divided the congregation, which has been left without a priest and lost much of its already small membership.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
It's now used as an educational community center, as the congregation built a new church in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Jalynn Hilton, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
The former pastor of a Virginia megachurch has been convicted of burglary and stalking after video captured him sneaking into the home of a previous member of his congregation.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
The dispute has divided the congregation, which has been left without a priest and lost much of its already small membership.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregation
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Community Relations Service employees have quietly intervened with church leaders, community leaders, relatives of victims of violence and city administrators to ward off unrest, lawsuits or boycotts.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Just in the first few months of 2025, Robert Boo’s Pride Center discovered four people in Broward County who had HIV through its free testing at churches, festivals, pharmacies and nightclubs.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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Do the five freedoms mentioned in the First Amendment – freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition – apply to undocumented immigrants?—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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Everyone should have their constitutional rights to assembly, free speech, freedom of religion and free press protected.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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The result is an assemblage of sorts where blue-footed boobies, coral reefs and even bat guano play a leading role, illustrating the ways nonhuman actors and their attendant ecologies have survived human predation.—
Elizabeth Rush,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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What made sense for Scholl was assemblage, putting everyday items together to create something new.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Trump has endorsed the Senate's plan, which means House Republicans are likely to put aside any opposition and approve it, but the conference may require some reassurance.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Traditionally, the southern sports world orbits around football but the 2024-25 season saw the SEC take over the mantle of best basketball conference in the nation.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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The franchise, entering its 31st season, will host the Cleveland Browns in Charlotte for a single joint-practice session ahead of Week 1 of the preseason, head coach Dave Canales told The Observer at the NFL’s annual meeting on Monday.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2025
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The outcry over Coyote vs. Acme was swift, with sources telling THR multiple filmmakers instructed their reps to cancel meetings at the studio.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
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The character audiences remember from episode one would have gotten defensive or brushed her superior off, but Dr. Santos takes her criticism on board and hops to.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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But unlike that 1996 Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino joint, Sinners isn’t winking at the audience from behind grotesque violence and droll B-movie tropes.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregation. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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