Cŏn'gre-gā'tion, n.
(kŏng'gre-gā'shun), n. [Lat. congregatio, Fr. congrégation, It. congregazione, Pr. congregatio.]
Sense 1. The act of congregating, or bringing together, or assembling.
The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.
Sense 2. A collection or assemblage of separate things; as, a congregation of vapors. Shak.
Sense 3. An assembly of persons, especially an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction.
He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay.