Syn. — Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council; diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.
Congression
(Con*gres"sion) n. [L. congressio.] A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting,
in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Congressional
(Con*gres"sion*al) a. Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the
United States; as, congressional debates.
Congressional and official labor.
E. Everett.
Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to
population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.
Congressive
(Con*gres"sive) a. Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
Congressman
(Con"gress*man) n.; pl. Congressmen A member of the Congress of the United States,
esp. of the House of Representatives.
Congreve rocket
(Con"greve rock"et) See under Rocket.
Congrue
(Con"grue") v. i. [L. congruere. See Congruous.] To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak.
