Congregation may refer to:
Religion
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Church (congregation)
A church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location, often for Christian worship, worship. Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by-laws, maintain offices, are served by cler ...
, a religious organization that meets in a particular location
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Congregation (Roman Curia)
In the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church, a congregation () was a type of department. They were second-highest-ranking departments, ranking below the two Secretariats, and above the pontifical councils, pontifical commissions, tribunals and off ...
, an administrative body of the Catholic Church
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Religious congregation
A religious congregation is a type of Religious institute (Catholic), religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from Religious order (Catholic), religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – i ...
, a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church
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Congregation (group of houses) In some religious orders of the Catholic Church, a congregation is a group of religious houses. In monastic orders, this would be monasteries; in orders of canons regular, this would be chapters. Each congregation operates as an autonomous or indep ...
, in some religious orders of the Catholic Church
Music
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The Congregation (band)
The Congregation was a British pop ensemble, formed by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway in England. In the United States it was credited as The English Congregation.
The band's biggest hit was a cover version of " Softly Whispering I Love You" ...
, an English pop group
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''Congregation'' (The Afghan Whigs album), 1992, and its title song
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''Congregation'' (Kerbdog album), 2014
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''The Congregation'' (Johnny Griffin album), 1957
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''The Congregation'' (Leprous album), 2015
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"Congregation" (song), by Foo Fighters, 2014
Other uses
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Congregation (university)
A congregation can refer to "an assembly of senior members of a university". It is used in this general sense in both of the ancient universities of England, although with significant differences. At Cambridge, and at many other universities in ...
, a formal meeting of a university
See also
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Congregate (disambiguation)
Congregate may refer to:
* ''Congregating the Sick'', 2005 album by Swedish band Ribspreader
* Gathering place, a location where people gather or congregate
* Kongregate
Kongregate is an American web gaming portal and video game publisher. It ...
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Congregational church
Congregationalism (also Congregational Churches or Congregationalist Churches) is a Reformed Christian (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government. Each congregation independently a ...
, Protestant churches in the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition
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Qahal
The ''qahal'' (), sometimes spelled ''kahal'', was a theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society according to the Hebrew Bible, See column345-6 and an Ashkenazi Jewish system of a self-governing community or kehila from ...
'', an Israelite organizational structure often translated as 'congregation'
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