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 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 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

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The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 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, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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The roadmap calls for Russia to help establish production in Iran of individual parts and assemblies for Russian aircraft.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
But even the regions that have adopted citizens’ assemblies are a long way off from achieving Landemore’s vision.

— Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemblies

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The organization hosts conferences, seminars and a mentoring program to help educators promote into leadership roles.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Tokenization has spent most of its life as an insider’s topic, debated at conferences and written about in trade publications that never reach the people who decide where capital goes.

— Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 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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With a new school year underway, things like homework, back-to-school nights and PTA meetings are on all of our minds right now.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
The residents occasionally gather in a disused rec center but the meetings devolve into rants about immigrants, junkies, thugs and vigilantism.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

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