Congregation vs Aggregation - What's the difference?
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The act of congregating or collecting together.
A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsary form).
A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the universal church
A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
Any large gathering of people
The collective noun for eagles.
The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
The act of collecting together (aggregating).
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
(networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route.
(epidemiology) the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
