Thesaurus results for CONGREGATIONS

congregations

noun

plural of congregation

as in churches

a body of persons gathered for religious worship the whole congregation began to sing with great fervor

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as in assemblies

a body of people come together in one place a congregation of journalists were at the hotel bar, discussing the latest developments

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Recent Examples of congregations Generations of Black pastors and congregations helped organize movements, mobilize voters and shape the fight for equality. — AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026 One community member told Fox News Digital that some congregations had even canceled afternoon prayers on the Sabbath as demonstrations across France descended into violence. — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The seven temples — at a conservative estimate — represent congregations of about 15,000 people, said Jasjit Singh, a Sikh community leader and trustee for the Sacramento City Unified School District. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In September, the LDS church stated its opposition to Prop 1 in a letter that was read on two different days in all of its congregations, Whitlock said. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2026 Worshippers are showing up in greater numbers, giving more money to congregations and volunteering more, the study found. — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Rabbi and historian Gary Zola explains that of the six earliest Jewish congregations in the United States, the three Southern congregations in Savannah, Charleston and Richmond were the first to introduce reforms. — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 The creation of that unreal enemy depended on a complex belief structure regulating church congregations, especially their least conforming and most vulnerable members. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 College Principal Robert Wafula said the training ensures the correct message is taught to congregations and has helped in other countries such as Rwanda, where the government closed 70 Quaker churches in a recent crackdown led by untrained pastors. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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With Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi on hand at Carrasco International Airport to welcome him and bells pealing at parishes and churches across the nation, the pontiff landed in Montevideo after a nearly 14-hour flight from Rome.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
With Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on hand at Carrasco International Airport to welcome him and bells pealing at parishes and churches across the nation, the pontiff landed in Montevideo after a nearly 14-hour flight from Rome.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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The growing experience of assemblies proves that people of widely disparate ideologies and diverse demographic backgrounds can come together and deliberate on issues of public policy.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Its edge states also demonstrate that organic molecular assemblies can support topological behavior, an area of research dominated by inorganic materials.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of assemblies

Noun

This latest committee emphasized schedule strength, which didn’t sit well with proponents of conferences outside the SEC.

— Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026
For months, Riyadh maintained a veneer of business as usual despite the war, but this has become harder to sustain with the city postponing events, from tennis tournaments to conferences, and now doing a U-turn on schools.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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Archaeologists have discovered one of the largest assemblages of Ice Age rock art ever recorded in the Iberian Mediterranean, shedding new light on population sizes and regional artistic expression during the Paleolithic.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Mana creates value for a future developer by putting together large assemblages and leaving them largely undeveloped, Karp said.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of assemblages

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The city will soon be holding advisory meetings to develop the list of events and festivals that will occur in the next 12 months.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Josh Derry had eight catches for 143 yards and a TD for the Knights, who won for the first time in three meetings against KU.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

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