...late Middle English: from Latin congregat- collected (into a flock), united, from the verb congregare, from con- together + gregare (from grex, greg- a flock).
That makes sense, as a ‘grouping together’ It even denotes the idea of a flock for congregation. Where Christ is the Sheppard of His flock, which has become many congregations.
621 posted on 01/15/2019 1:09:53 PM PST by Kalam
(Poor me, I have lost my tagline :())