gatherings

noun

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

   I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.

2. A group of people or things.

   A gathering of fruit.

3. A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

   This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.

5. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.