Congregation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body. ■ In the ecclesiastical law, this term is used to designate certain bureaus at Rome, where ecclesiastical matters are attended to. In the United States, by congregation is meant the members of a particular church who meet in one place to worship.
See 2 Russ. 120.
It is a broader term than "communicants," including all who habitually meet together for worship.
11 N. Y. 243.