n.

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

noun

A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal get-together. See collect/distribute.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
  Synonyms: fold, faithful

Meaning #2: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

Meaning #3: the act of congregating
  Synonym: congregating

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - menighed, forsamling, kongregation

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzameling, menigte, congregatie, religieuze gemeente

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) assemblée des fidèles, paroissiens, congrégation, (GB, Univ) assemblée générale des professeurs

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gemeinde, Kongregation

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνάθροιση, σύναξη, ομήγυρη, εκκλησίασμα

Italiano (Italian)
congregazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - congregação (m) (Rel.), reunião (f)

Русский (Russian)
собрание, паства

Español (Spanish)
n. - congregación, cofradía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samling, församling, kongregation (kyrkl.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
集合, 会集, 会众, 集会, 宗教团体

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 集合, 會集, 會眾, 集會, 宗教團體

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집합, 회중 , 그리스도 교회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 集まり, 会衆, 集会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محفل, حشد, جمع, مجلس الجامعه, جماعه المصلين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציבור מתפללים, קהל, התקהלות‬

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