Congregation vs. Church: What's the Difference?

The act of assembling.

A building for public, especially Christian worship.

A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.

The company of all Christians regarded as a spiritual body.

A group of people gathered for religious worship.

A specified Christian denomination

The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.

A congregation.

A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.

Public divine worship in a church; a religious service

A division of the Curia.

The clerical profession; clergy.

The act of congregating or collecting together.

Ecclesiastical power as distinguished from the secular

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 responsory form).

To conduct a church service for, especially to perform a religious service for (a woman after childbirth).

A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.

Of or relating to the church; ecclesiastical.

A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.

(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

Any large gathering of people.

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.

(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.

The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

Christian worship held at a church; service.

A collection or mass of separate things.

Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.

An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.

Any religious group.

The whole body of the Jewish people; - called also Congregation of the Lord.

Assembly.

A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.

To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).

The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.

(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

The name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

(slang) Expressing strong agreement.

A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

A building set apart for Christian worship.

An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together;

A Jewish or heathen temple.

The act of congregating

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

The collective body of Christians.

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

A place for public (especially Christian) worship;

A service conducted in a church;

The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

Perform a special church rite or service for;