congregation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of congregating (noun.act)

hypernym	:	assemblage, assembly, gathering,
definition	:	the social act of assembling (noun.act)

2. an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together (noun.group)

hypernym	:	accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection,
definition	:	several things grouped together or considered as a whole (noun.group)

3. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church (noun.group)

hypernym	:	social group,
definition	:	people sharing some social relation (noun.group)

hyponym	:	flock,
definition	:	a church congregation guided by a pastor (noun.group)

member meronym	:	denomination,
definition	:	a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith (noun.group)

4. the act of congregating (noun.act)

derivation	:	congregate, congregate, congregate,
definition	:	come together, usually for a purpose (verb.motion)

derivation	:	congregate, congregate, congregate,
definition	:	come together, usually for a purpose (verb.motion)