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A '''congregation''' is an assembly of people.
==Worship==
In the sense of [[worship]], a congregation is the group of members who make up a local [[Christian]] [[church]], [[Jew|Jewish]] [[synagogue]], or other [[religion|religious]] assembly.
The term can also refer specifically to the people who are present at a worship service in the building other than the [[minister]], [[rabbi]] or [[choir]], who may be seated apart from the general congregation.
==Catholic church==
The [[Roman Catholic]] church uses the term in some senses to mean:
* an assembly of people who administer part of its policy or practices as departments of the [[Roman Curia]]:
** The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
** The Congregation for the Oriental Churches
** The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
** The Congregation for the Causes of Saints
** The Congregation for Bishops
** The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
** The Congregation for the Clergy
** The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
** The Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)
* an assembly or religious institute of Roman Catholics in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
==Academia==
In academia, a congregation is an assembly for a formal meeting of senior members of a [[university]] (especially [[United Kingdom]].)
==Worship==
In the sense of [[worship]], a congregation is the group of members who make up a local [[Christian]] [[church]], [[Jew|Jewish]] [[synagogue]], or other [[religion|religious]] assembly.
The term can also refer specifically to the people who are present at a worship service in the building other than the [[minister]], [[rabbi]] or [[choir]], who may be seated apart from the general congregation.
==Catholic church==
The [[Roman Catholic]] church uses the term in some senses to mean:
* an assembly of people who administer part of its policy or practices as departments of the [[Roman Curia]]:
** The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
** The Congregation for the Oriental Churches
** The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
** The Congregation for the Causes of Saints
** The Congregation for Bishops
** The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
** The Congregation for the Clergy
** The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
** The Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)
* an assembly or religious institute of Roman Catholics in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
==Academia==
In academia, a congregation is an assembly for a formal meeting of senior members of a [[university]] (especially [[United Kingdom]].)