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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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 Eventually, the conservatives succeeded; the denomination finally divided in a schism in 2024, with more than seventy-six hundred congregations leaving to join a conservative Global Methodist Church. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 From 2015 to 2025, the sect’s congregations in Idaho experienced 15 preventable deaths of children, according to ProPublica’s reporting. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026 Sometimes there are small congregations where there is a need of a choir, but not enough people in the congregation to form one. — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 American Christians have likely heard both Christian nationalist and anti-Christian nationalist messages through their congregations, media and social networks. — Paul Djupe, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 The women typically wear habits, while women in LCWR congregations do not. — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Aug. 2026 According to the news release, there are around 400,000 Latter-day Saints in Texas, with 756 congregations. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026 In the mid-20th century, Anglican congregations in Kenya swelled in size because of the East African Revival movement. — Stephanie Triplettall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 Hamilton is the pastor of the 24,000-member Church of Resurrection, one of the largest United Methodist congregations in the country, located in the Kansas City metro area. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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Norman rule helped shape both our churches and our laws, not to mention the language that this sentence is written in.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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The company says the facility would manufacture Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs), full-scale fuel assemblies that can be placed into operating commercial reactors for testing.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
In the library/innovation center, the furniture like whiteboard tables, benches, booths, ottomans and shelves are on wheels, easily moved to change the layout and open up the space for events, assemblies or performances.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblies

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Eze, whose ministry has churches in the US, UK, and Canada, said many who attend his conferences are Black, but some are White as well.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Steinem, who struggled with stage fright most of her life, talked with women at gigantic conferences and in intimate kaffeeklatsches.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of conferences

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Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblages

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The Gloria Steinem Foundation now exists to maintain her New York City residence as a permanent site of the feminist movement, having housed many formative gatherings that contributed to women’s liberation.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
In recent years, Steinem had expanded her community in New York, hosting a steady stream of gatherings of women in her living room.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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