Congregation
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A congregation is an assembly of people for a given purpose, a corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
Examples of congregations include:
- Those gathered for worship on a particular occasion, or those who habitually attend a place of worship
- A church, synagogue, temple, or other organized religious community
- Congregation (Roman Curia) - an administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church
- Congregation (Catholic) - a religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken
- Congregation (university) - an assembly of senior members of a university
- Congregation (human geography) - the territorial and residential clustering of specific groups or subgroups of people
Congregation may also be:
- Congregation (album), by The Afghan Whigs
- English Congregation, an English pop group formerly known as The Congregation
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