congregate
verb (used without object)
to come together; assemble, especially in large numbers.
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Clannish is a word with a rather offensive taste on the tongue, and is altogether too harsh a word to apply to that congregative instinct that makes pure-minded persons crave the fellowship of kindred spirits.
From The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees