Congregation

Congregation (Latin con 'together', grex 'flock', 'crowd', congregare 'gather') stands for:

• a central authority of the Roman Curia, see Roman Curia # Congregations
• an amalgamation of several independent monasteries, see Congregation (monastery association)
• an institute of consecrated life (religious community) in the Roman Catholic Church, see religious institute # Distinction between orders and congregations

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.