Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-GRE-GA'TION, n.

1. The act of bringing together, or assembling.
2. A collection or assemblage of separate things; as, a congregation of vapors. – Shak.
3. More generally, an assembly of persons; and appropriately, an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction. – Hooker.
4. An assembly of rulers. – Numb. xxxv.
5. 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.
6. An academical assembly for transacting business of the university. – England.