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congregation
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
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By dint of canvassing from house to house, and offering medals and religious colour prints to all who came to church, he had got together a considerable congregation.†
Part 2

congregation = people who worship together in the same building
His congregation was quiet, dignified, attentive.†
Part 2
When the Bishop dismounted to enter the church, the women threw their shawls on the dusty pathway for him to walk upon, and as he passed through the kneeling congregation, men and women snatched for his hand to kiss the Episcopal ring.†
Part 5
The building was clean and in good repair, the congregation large and devout.†
Part 5
When he left Denver, he told his congregation there that he was going to the Mexicans to beg for money.†
Part 8 *
In his Denver congregation there were men who owned mines and saw-mills and flourishing businesses, but they needed all their money to push these enterprises.†
Part 8

Definitions:

(1) (congregation as in: the congregation voted)
people who worship together in the same building
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, congregation can reference any group of people, animals, or things collected together.