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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
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The poor souls that were not saved were darker and more pitiful than those that were, and still there was not any of the radiance he would have hoped to see in such a congregation.†
Story 2.20 *

congregation = people who worship together in the same building
She was in the congregation, always, a sweet-looking Presbyterian albino lady.†
Story 3.28
Mama bowed herself into the public room, where the mothers were expecting her, the full congregation; and taking the seat by Mrs. Arpista, she continued with the subject she loved the best-under its own name, now: love.†
Story 4.39
As Holden marshal Curtis "Cowboy" Stubblefield reconstructed the earlier mishap, Ruby Gaddy, 21, was stabbed in full view of the departing congregation of the Holy Gospel Tabernacle as she attempted to leave the church when services were concluded at approximately 9:30 P.M. Saturday.†
Story 5.41
Members of the congregation said they chased Collins 13 or 14 yds.†
Story 5.41
Members of the Negro congregation said they could not account for Collins having left Snake Creek at the unspecified time.†
Story 5.41
We stood there a while and flipped some bottle caps down at him and threw his cap down after him right over his face and didn't get a stir out of him," stated an official of the congregation.†
Story 5.41

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.