Synonyms of congregations

congregations

noun

plural of congregation

1

as in churches

a body of persons gathered for religious worship

the whole congregation began to sing with great fervor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• churches
• flocks
• assemblies
• parishes
• denominations
• sects
• communions
• confessions
• folds
• laities

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assemblies
• conferences
• assemblages
• meetings
• audiences
• gatherings
• synods
• convocations
• panels
• musters
• companies
• markets
• ingatherings
• throngs
• flocks
• coteries
• crowds
• caucuses
• swarms
• houses
• gangs
• multitudes
• rallies
• symposia
• hordes
• forums
• consorts
• legions
• packs
• galleries
• grandstands
• mobs
• rabbles
• presses
• rabblements
• crushes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of congregations

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

Those early years, with live music and dancing, drew crowds, and eventually people from other congregations began joining after completing their own hakafot dancing circles in their synagogues. — Amy Klein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

As the High Holy Days approach, rabbis in the United States say their congregations are deeply unsettled by antisemitic threats and aware of sharp divisions in their own communities. — David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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