Chigre :: Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger..
Congregate :: Congregate (v. t.) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact..
Congregate :: Congregate (v. i.) To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Congregation :: Congregation (n.) The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass..
Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A collection or mass of separate things.
Congregation :: Congregation (n.) An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet..
Congregation :: Congregation (n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..