Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Congregational Church
a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing
 
Federal Reserve System
the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
 
Mujahedeen Kompak
a militant Islamic militia that was formed in 2005 by hardliners who split from Jemaah Islamiyah
 
electromotive series
a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series
 
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change
 
business sector
business concerns collectively
 
manicure set
a set of implements used to manicure
 
troika
a modern Russian triumvirate
 
fire department
the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
 
Fatah Tanzim
a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
 
hudood
Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes
 
bomber aircrew
the crew of a bomber
 
kolkhoz
a collective farm owned by the communist state
 
law merchant
the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
 
assembly
a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
 
territorial
a territorial military unit
 
Sabbath school
school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction
 
Tang dynasty
the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
 
compost heap
a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
 
Church of Scientology
a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment
 
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