congress

noun

• 1the national legislative body of a country.
• (Congress) the national legislative body of the US, meeting at the Capitol in Washington, DC. It was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives:changes in taxation required the approval of Congress
• a particular session of the US Congress:the 104th Congress

• 2a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union or from within a particular discipline:an international congress of mathematicians

• 3a society or organization, especially a political one:the National Congress of American Indians

• 4the action of coming together:sexual congress