| 1. a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some
public place, an assembly 1) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating 2) the assembly of the Israelites 3) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously 4) in a Christian sense 1d1. an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting 1d2. a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake 1d3. those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body 1d4. the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth 1d5. the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven |