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congregation

[kong-gri-gay-shuhn] / ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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NOS was a sensation - attracting a youthful congregation of up to 600 people with an innovative blend of cutting-edge music, video, prayer, and dancing.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

He argued it was impossible to know what records were and were not held by a particular congregation or order if they controlled who could see them.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

At a Wednesday church Bible study in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Rev. Christopher Benek got several questions about AI from his congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

In my own home more often than not, my door shut on the close ones, tunnel vision on, one small part of the enormous quiet congregation of a country doing a single thing together.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

An imposing congregation had massed itself around her first certainties, and now it was waiting and she could not disappoint it at the altar.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The food bank was a success and still operates today, having unfortunately outlived two of the congregations that founded it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

At the end of the week, Jewish congregations will celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

As Xi closed congregations around the country, Ezra Jin found ways to keep Zion Church going—and growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Smoke could be seen billowing from Temple Israel, one of the largest Reform Judaism congregations in the country, after the attack and fire engines were on the scene.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

As Cathy Cohen has observed, ministers and members of black congregations have helped to develop what she calls the “indigenous constructed image of ‘good, black Christian folk.”’

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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