General Assembly

General Assembly

noun
1.
the legislature in some states of the U.S.
2.
the main deliberative body of the United Nations, composed of delegations from member nations.

Origin:
1610–20, Americanism
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General Assembly
 
n
1.  GA the deliberative assembly of the United Nations
2.  the former name for the parliament of New Zealand
3.  the supreme governing body of certain religious denominations, esp of the Presbyterian Church

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