Congregation

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A congregation is an assembly of people for a given purpose.

Examples of congregations include:

• The members of a place of worship
• Congregation (Roman Curia) - an administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church
• Congregation (catholic) - a religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken
• Congregation (university) - an assembly of senior members of a university
• Congregation (human geography) - the territorial and residential clustering of specific groups or subgroups of people

Congregation may also be:

• Congregation (album), by The Afghan Whigs
• English Congregation, an English pop group formerly known as The Congregation

[edit] See also

• Congregational church
• Gathering place

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