| Congregation: English to English |
| Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Congregation (n.) A collection or mass of separate things. |
| Congregation (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order. |
| Congregation (n.) An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet. |
| Congregation (n.) The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. |
| Congregation (n.) The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. |
| Congregation (n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation. |
| Congregation (n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord. |