Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-GRE-GA'TION
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CON-GRE-GA'TION, n.
- The act of bringing together, or assembling.
- A collection or assemblage of separate things; as, a congregation of vapors. – Shak.
- More generally, an assembly of persons; and appropriately, an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction. – Hooker.
- An assembly of rulers. – Numb. xxxv.
- An assembly of ecclesiastics or cardinals appointed by the pope; as, the congregation of the holy office, &c. Also, a company or society of religious cantoned out of an order. – Encyc.
- An academical assembly for transacting business of the university. – England.
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