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congregation
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The Plague
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And on the Sunday of the sermon a huge congregation filled the nave, overflowing onto the steps and precincts.†
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congregation = people who worship together in the same building
He had a powerful, rather emotional delivery, which carried to a great distance, and when he launched at the congregation his opening phrase in clear, emphatic tones: "Calamity has come on you, my brethren, and, my brethren, you deserved it," there was a flutter that extended to the crowd massed in the rain outside the porch.†
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Only as the sermon proceeded did it become apparent to the congregation that, by a skillful oratorical device, Father Paneloux had launched at them, like a fisticuff, the gist of his whole discourse.†
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Someone in the congregation gave a little snort, like that of a restive horse.†
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Discreetly, with a subdued rustling, the congregation gathered together their belongings.†
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The congregation, it must be admitted, was sparser than on the first occasion, partly because this kind of performance had lost 'its novelty for our townsfolk.†
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And it was in a cold, silent church, surrounded by a congregation of men exclusively, that Rieux watched the Father climb into the pulpit.†
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When Rieux was preparing to leave the church a violent gust swept up the nave through the half-open doors and buffeted the faces of the departing congregation.†
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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.