congresses
Formal legislative bodies
Congresses is the plural of congress, a formal meeting or assembly of delegates or representatives, typically gathered to discuss matters of shared concern.
The word often appears in names of political bodies, most notably the United States Congress, which comprises the Senate and House of Representatives.
Professional and academic fields also hold congresses—gatherings where experts present research and discuss developments: Several international medical congresses are scheduled for next year.
Organized meeting for discussion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
delegates · attendees · keynote · plenary · sessions · meetings · proceedings · forum
National legislative assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- lawmakingCrafting enforceable rules
Capitol · bicameral · representatives · senators · bills · committees · hearings · filibuster
Gathering for celebration
- nationalOf a country
- DemocraticOne major U.S. political party
- RepublicanGOP party member
- platformRaised flat structure
nomination · primary · election · delegates · convention · political · campaigns · candidates
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
convention · delegates · attendees · keynote · plenary · sessions · meetings · proceedings · forum · assembly
parliament
National legislative assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- sessionScheduled time for activity
lawmaking · Capitol · bicameral · representatives · senators · bills · committees · hearings · filibuster · quorum
party
Gathering for celebration
- nationalOf a country
- DemocraticOne major U.S. political party
- RepublicanGOP party member
platform · nomination · primary · election · delegates · convention · political · campaigns · candidates · rallies
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- Napoleonic EraNapoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Code
- church gatheringschurch council, assemblies, conferences, church assembly, convocation
- EsperantoEsperanto, grammar rules, correlatives, affixes, prefixes
- Buddhist organizationsmeditation centers
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
congressesjudiciaries
Legal interpretation branches
courts · executive branches · presidencies · monarchies · supreme courts
congressescaucuses
Closed political party meetings
mobs · ad hoc committees · grassroots movements · flash mobs · rabbles
congressesdictatorships
Regimes under absolute rulers
autocracies · tyrannies · monarchs · despots · strongmen
- congressional investigationLawmakers probing governmental matters
- congressional oversightLegislature monitoring executive branch
- congressional debateFormal lawmaker discussion
- act of CongressFederal law formally enacted
- US CongressAmerican federal legislature
- U.S. CongressFederal legislative branch
congressman, Congress, congressional, congresswoman, congressperson, congressionally