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Congressional district

–noun U.S. Government.
one of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the national House of Representatives.


Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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Main Entry: congressional dis·trict
Function: noun
: a territorial division of a state from which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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