1. the act of collecting or gathering in crops, especially at harvest time
2. the act of bringing together or assembling people or things

Examples

• The autumn ingathering of wheat kept the farmers busy for weeks.
• The community celebrated the successful ingathering of the corn harvest.
• An ingathering of scholars from around the world attended the conference.
• The church organized an ingathering of donations for the food bank.
• The ingathering of evidence took months to complete.
• Families participated in the traditional ingathering of wild berries.