An invitation; a calling together. Also, a congregation.

people attending church, churchgoers; spec. members of the established church of a particular place, esp. of the Church of England (now rare).

The body of people who attend a particular church; the inhabitants of a parish (sense 2a).

Used by Tyndale to translate ἐκκλησία in the New Testament, and much used by the English Reformers of… in sense of a particular local assembly or…

Christian Church. An assembly of people (esp. Nonconformists) for worship. Also: a Nonconformist congregation; †a Nonconformist place of worship…

A gathering of persons for religious worship; a congregation.

spec. (U.S.) = congregation, n. 7c. Now historical.

The place of the congregation in a church or chapel. Contrasted with pulpit, as the place of the priest, preacher, etc. Hence: (with the and singular…