congregation
noun
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The verb congregate may be used for spontaneous gatherings. A crowd quickly congregates at the scene of an accident, for example, just as cows, sheep, or horses tend to congregate during a storm. And under military rule, citizens are often forbidden to congregate on street corners or anywhere else. But a congregation is generally a group that has gathered for a formal purpose, usually in church. The Congregational Church was originally the church of the Puritan settlers, in which each congregation governed its own church independent of any higher authority.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Keeping up with that tradition, Gables UCC was the first congregation to have a float in the LGBTQ Pride Parade in Miami Beach over 15 years ago, an action that contributed to the church’s significant LGBTQ population today.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Thirty-one of the 190 videos—almost a fifth—include disparaging remarks about tribal practices including the Sunrise Dance or medicine men, including two completely dedicated to convincing the congregation of the evil within the Sunrise Dance.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 28 June 2024
The Peoples Temple was Jones' congregation, which began informally in the 1950s.
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregation. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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