Synonyms:
congregation, fold, faithful
Meaning: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Synonyms:
congregation
Meaning: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"
Usage examples
The congregation rose.
The congregation is rapt.'
In 1652 it was recognized by Pope Urban VIII under the name of the Congregation of the Mission.
It was a Sunday; but to rabble a congregation of prelatists was held to be a work of necessity and mercy.
So the work of the Congregation increased and multiplied until it seemed almost too much for human capacity.
Maybe Rakkeed wanted the dog, to kill before a congregation of his followers, killing us by proxy, or in effigy.
In the sixteenth century Quakerism was unknown; and there was not in the whole realm a single congregation of Independents or Baptists.
The Congregation of the Mission Priests was to inaugurate another good work for which there was an urgent necessity in the world of Vincent's day.
When, therefore, he thought it time to close, he simply rose up and took himself off, leaving his congregation to disperse when and how it pleased!
This goodly promontory, the earth--particularly that portion of it known as Quicksand--was to him no more than a pestilent congregation of vapours.