assemblage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a group of persons together in one place
    gathering.
  2. noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
    hookup.
  3. noun the social act of assembling
    gathering; assembly.
    • they demanded the right of assembly
  4. noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    aggregation; collection; accumulation.

WordNet

As*sem"blage noun
Etymology
Cf. F. assemblage. See Assemble.
Definitions
  1. The act of assembling, or the state o being; association.
    In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. Fenton.
  2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas. Syn. -- Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering; meeting; convention. Assemblage, Assembly. An assembly consists only of persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as well as persons, as, an assemblage of incoherent objects. Nor is every assemblage of persons an assembly; since the latter term denotes a body who have met, and are acting, in concert for some common end, such as to hear, to deliberate, to unite in music, dancing, etc. An assemblage of skaters on a lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an assembly, but might be turned into one by collecting into a body with a view to discuss and decide as to some object of common interest.

Webster 1913