A gathering of people or a fitting of parts together (8)

I believe the answer is:

assembly

(Other definitions for assembly that I've seen before include "Meeting; fabrication" , "Gathering, congretation 98)" , "Legislative gathering" , "court" , "Religious gathering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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