Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

kin group
group of people related by blood or marriage
 
Wesleyan Methodist Church
the original Methodist Church
 
chow line
a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp)
 
blizzard
a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
 
Tadzhik
an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
 
royal court
the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
 
Movement for Revenge
an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan
 
yoke
a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
 
Law of Moses
the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)
 
community
a group of people living in a particular local area
 
unemployment line
a queue of people waiting for employment
 
jockey club
a club to promote and regulate horse racing
 
society
the fashionable elite
 
high
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
 
spinney
a copse that shelters game
 
commercial agency
an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms
 
Statistical Commission
the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with statistical data from member nations
 
International Development Association
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
 
Franciscan order
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
 
car maker
a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
 
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