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con⋅gres⋅sion⋅al

  [kuhn-gresh-uh-nl, kuhng-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a congress.
2. (usually initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Congress of the U.S.: a Congressional committee.
Origin:
1685–95; < L congressiōn- (s. of congressiō) a coming together, equiv. to congress(us) (see congress ) + -iōn- -ion + -al 1

Related forms:
con⋅gres⋅sion⋅al⋅ist, noun
con⋅gres⋅sion⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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con·gress   (kŏng'grĭs)   
n.  
  1. A formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems.
  2. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
  3. Congress
    1. The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
    2. The two-year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives.
    3. The act of coming together or meeting.
    4. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
    1. The act of coming together or meeting.
    2. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
  5. Sexual intercourse.

[Middle English congresse, body of attendants, from Latin congressus, meeting, from past participle of congredī, to meet : com-, com- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]
con·gres'sion·al (kən-grěsh'ə-nəl, kəng-) adj., con·gres'sion·al·ly adv.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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