- congregation, fold, faithful - a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
--1 is a kind of social group
--1 is a member of denomination
--1 has particulars: flockDerived form: verb congregate1 - congregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"
--2 is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Derived form: verb congregate1 - congregation, congregating - the act of congregating
--3 is a kind of assembly, assemblage, gathering
Derived form: verb congregate1