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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Congress \Con"gress\, noun; pl. {Congresses}. [L. congressus, fr. congredi, p. p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- + grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr?s. See {Grade}.]
1. A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter. [Obs.]
Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there; Their congress in the field great Jove withstands. --Dryden.
2. A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things. [Obs.]
From these laws may be deduced the rules of the congresses and reflections of two bodies. --Cheyne.
3. The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition. --Pennant.
4. A gathering or assembly; a conference.
5. A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.
The European powers strove to . . . accommodate their differences at the congress of Vienna. --Alison.
6. The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.
Note: In the Congress of the United States (which took the place of the Federal Congress, March 4, 1789), the Senate consists of two Senators from each State, chosen by the State legislature for a term of six years, in such a way that the terms of one third of the whole number expire every year; the House of Representatives consists of members elected by the people of the several Congressional districts, for a term of two years, the term of all ending at the same time. The united body of Senators and Representatives for any term of two years for which the whole body of Representatives is chosen is called one Congress. Thus the session which began in December, 1887, was the first (or long) session, and that which began in December, 1888, was the second (or short) session, of the Fiftieth Congress. When an extra session is had before the date of the first regular meeting of a Congress, that is called the first session, and the following regular session is called the second session.
7. The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
{The Continental Congress}, an assembly of deputies from the thirteen British colonies in America, appointed to deliberate in respect to their common interests. They first met in 1774, and from time thereafter until near the close of the Revolution.
{The Federal Congress}, the assembly of representatives of the original States of the American Union, who met under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789.
{Congress boot} or {Congress gaiter}, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.]
{Congress water}, a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York.
Syn: Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council; diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Congress
noun
1: the legislature of the United States government [syn: {United States Congress}, {U.S. Congress}, {US Congress}]
2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
3: a national legislative assembly
4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: {sexual intercourse}, {intercourse}, {sex act}, {copulation}, {coitus}, {coition}, {sexual congress}, {sexual relation}, {relation}, {carnal knowledge}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "Congress": Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Vietnam, Norway, Pakistan, Parliament, Republic of China, Rhodesia, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, US, Uganda, United Kingdom, Upper Volta, Venezuela, West Germany, Zambia
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
246 Moby Thesaurus words for "congress": British Cabinet, ESP, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, act of love, adultery, advisory body, answer, aphrodisia, approach, ass, assemble, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, asymptote, at home, audience, ball, balling, bargaining, bargaining session, bench, bicameral legislature, board, board of aldermen, body of advisers, borough council, bottleneck, brain trust, brawl, brotherhood, cabinet, camarilla, carnal knowledge, caucus, chamber, chamber of deputies, city board, city council, climax, club, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, collect, collegiality, collision course, colloquium, commerce, commission, committee, common council, communication, communion, community, concentralization, concentration, conclave, concourse, concurrence, confab, confabulation, conference, confluence, conflux, confrontation, congregate, congregation, connection, consultation, consultative assembly, contact, conventicle, convention, convergence, converging, conversation, converse, convocation, copula, copulation, correspondence, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, coupling, court, crossing, dance, date, dealing, dealings, deliberative assembly, diddling, diet, directory, discussion, divan, eisteddfod, exchange, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, federal assembly, fellowship, festivity, fete, focalization, focus, forgather, forgathering, fornication, forum, fraternity, funnel, gathering, general assembly, get-together, guild, high-level talk, house of assembly, housewarming, hub, huddle, information, interaction, interchange, interchange of views, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, interview, intimacy, junta, kitchen cabinet, league, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislative chamber, legislature, levee, linguistic intercourse, lovemaking, lower chamber, lower house, making it with, marital relations, marriage act, mating, meat, meet, meeting, message, muster, mutual approach, narrowing gap, national assembly, negotiations, news conference, onanism, order, orgasm, ovum, palaver, panel, pareunia, parish council, parley, parliament, party, plenum, pourparler, powwow, press conference, privy council, procreation, prom, provincial legislature, provincial parliament, quorum, radius, raise, rally, reception, relations, rendezvous, reply, representative town meeting, response, screwing, seance, session, sex, sex act, sexual climax, sexual commerce, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, sexual union, shindig, sit-in, sitting, sleeping with, social activity, social intercourse, social relations, society, soiree, soviet, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, sperm, spokes, staff, state assembly, state legislature, summit, summit conference, summitry, symposium, syndicate, synod, talking, tangent, telepathy, touch, town meeting, traffic, tribunal, truck, turnout, two-way communication, unicameral legislature, union, upper chamber, upper house, venery
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CONGRESS, noun A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Congress, AZ Zip code(s): 85332 Congress, OH (village, FIPS 18308) Location: 40.92630 N, 82.05529 W Population (1990): 162 (61 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Congress, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona Population (2000): 1717 Housing Units (2000): 1070 Land area (2000): 37.637348 sq. miles (97.480279 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.031384 sq. miles (0.081284 sq. km) Total area (2000): 37.668732 sq. miles (97.561563 sq. km) FIPS code: 15220 Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04 Location: 34.146068 N, 112.846533 W ZIP Codes (1990): 85332 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Congress, AZ Congress
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Congress, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 192 Housing Units (2000): 68 Land area (2000): 0.166342 sq. miles (0.430825 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.166342 sq. miles (0.430825 sq. km) FIPS code: 18308 Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39 Location: 40.925447 N, 82.053222 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Congress, OH Congress
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