congregation . ( Of the lat. )( congregatio, - onis ). 1. f. Board to deal with one or more business. 2. f. authorized Brotherhood of devotees. 3. f. body or community of secular priests devoted to the exercise of ecclesiastical ministries, under certain constitutions. 4. f. In the Vatican, any of the boards composed of Cardinals, prelates, and others, for the dispatch of several issues. Congregation of the Council, of Propaganda, of rites. 5. f. In some orders scheduled, Chapter (? Board held regular clergy and religious). 6. f. In some religious orders, meeting of many monasteries of a same order under the direction of a superior general. 7. f. formerly, some bias. congregation of the faithful. 1. f. universal Catholic Church. congregation religious. 1. f. religious Institute approved by the competent authority, whose members emit simple votes.