noun

• (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
• A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
• (collective) The people at such a gathering.
• An encounter between people, even accidental.
• A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
• (rustic US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
• (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).