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countable and uncountable, plural congresses
(archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting. quotations
After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. examples
(often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America. examples
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups. examples
(dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse. quotations examples
Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares.
1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat.
1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […]
(countable, collective) A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons. quotations examples
[…] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons.
1966, Philip José Farmer, “Riverworld”, in Down in the Black Gang and Others, Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, published 1971, page 79
Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.
2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133
third-person singular simple present congresses, present participle congressing, simple past and past participle congressed
(intransitive) To assemble together. examples
To meet in a congress. examples