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.

Congressive
(Con*gres"sive) a. Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.

Congressman
(Con"gress*man) n.; pl. Congressmen A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

Congreve rocket
(Con"greve rock"et) See under Rocket.

Congrue
(Con"grue") v. i. [L. congruere. See Congruous.] To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council; diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.

Congression
(Con*gres"sion) n. [L. congressio.] A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

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.


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