CONGREGATION OF THE INQUISITION Synonyms

• a confidential or secret meeting

• a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)

• an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

• a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic

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

• an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

• the act of congregating

• a group gathered in response to a summons

• the act of convoking

• a body serving in an administrative capacity

• (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

• a meeting of people for consultation

• a group of persons together in one place

• the social act of assembling

• the act of gathering something

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• a formally arranged gathering

• a small informal social gathering

• a casual or unexpected convergence

• the social act of assembling for some common purpose

• the act of joining together as one

• a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

• a meeting for execution of a group's functions

• the time during which a school holds classes

• a meeting devoted to a particular activity

• a meeting of spiritualists

• a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

• an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

• an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants