Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

accounting data
all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable
 
community
a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common
 
Bearer of the Sword
a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
 
jug band
a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments
 
fleet
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
 
little league
a commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of age
 
Special Air Service
a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
 
defense
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
 
Court of Saint James's
the British royal court
 
secondary modern school
a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
 
pastorate
pastors collectively
 
coin collection
a collection of coins
 
People against Gangsterism and Drugs
a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism
 
search party
a party of people to search for someone
 
Augustinian Canons
an Augustinian monastic order
 
religious school
a school run by a religious body
 
Arminian Baptist
group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
 
plant department
the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant
 
Plantagenet line
the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
 
organism
a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
 
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