n.
- a formal meeting or series of meetings between delegates.
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(Congress)
a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
- a society or organization.
- formal the action of coming together.
Derivative
- congressional adj.
- congressionally adv.
Etymology
ME: from L. congressus, from congredi ‘meet’, from con- ‘together’ + gradi ‘walk’.
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