1. A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
   "The congregation gathered for Sunday services";
   - fold, faithful
    
2. An assemblage of people, animals or things collected together
   "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"
    
3. The act of congregating
   "The congregation of protesters in the square grew larger by the hour"

Derived forms: congregations

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, collection, gathering, social group

Part of: denomination

Encyclopedia: Congregation