Obs. [a. OF. a(s)semblement, f. assembler: see ASSEMBLE v.1 and -MENT.] An assembly, assemblage, gathering.

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1470.  Harding, Chron., xciv. Whome Oswald mette with greate assemblement.

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a. 1564.  Becon, Demands Holy Script., Wks. (1844), 613. What is the day of the Lord? The great assemblement, court, and parliament of all men.

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1645.  Digby, Nat. Bodies, xxv. (1658), 289. The complex assemblement … of all the causes, that concur to produce this effect.

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