Congregation

French Meaning

congrégation

rassemblement

confession

English Meaning

  1. The act of assembling.
  2. A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.
  3. A group of people gathered for religious worship.
  4. The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
  5. Roman Catholic Church A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
  6. Roman Catholic Church A division of the Curia.