religious gatherings
Congregational worship events
Religious gatherings are assemblies of people for worship, prayer, or spiritual practice.
The term encompasses church services, mosque prayers, synagogue meetings, temple ceremonies, and informal prayer groups alike.
It often appears in legal and policy contexts discussing freedom of assembly: The ordinance exempted religious gatherings from the noise restrictions.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions on religious gatherings became flashpoints for debates about public health versus religious liberty.
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- call to prayerReligious worship summons
- sermonClergy's worship address
- prayerAddress to deity
- synagogueJewish house of worship
cathedral · cross · convocation · ceremony · congregation · hymn · congregational singing · sanctuary · service · priest · mass · revival · camp meeting · scripture reading · minyan · meditation · vigil · church
- Kumbh Melasacred bath, ritual bathing, pilgrims, Ganges, devotees
religious gatheringsprivate prayer
Solitary communion with deity
personal devotion · hermitage · isolation · solitude · silent retreat
religious gatheringspolitical rallies
Organized partisan mass gatherings
sporting events · parties · town hall meetings · community meetings · social clubs
religious gatheringsdispersal
Spreading in many directions
dissolution · scattering · emptiness · abandonment · church closures