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Congress
A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
(RQ:Burton Melancholy), New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
- After some little repast, he went to see Democritus …. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
A body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the States of America.
(syn)
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
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(quote-book)
(RQ:McCarthy Blood Meridian)
A group of baboons; (non-gloss definition)
{{quote-book|en|year=1966|author=Philip José Farmer|chapter=Riverworld|title=Down in the Black Gang and Others|location=Garden City, NY|publisher=Nelson Doubleday|year_published=1971|page=79|url=https://archive.org/details/downinblackgango00farm/page/78/mode/1up?q=congress
2013, Dick Hrebik, ''Walter Goes to War—WWII,'' Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter(nbs)7, p.(nbs)133,https://archive.org/details/waltergoestowarw0000hreb/page/133/mode/1up?q=congress
- Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.
To assemble together.
To meet in a congress.