■ noun
1》 a formal meeting or series of meetings between delegates.
2》 ( Congress ) a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
3》 a society or organization.
4》 formal the action of coming together.
Derivatives
~ional adjective
~ionally adverb
Origin
ME: from L. ~us , from congredi 'meet', from con- 'together' + gradi 'walk'.