Meanings
congressional1
comparative more congressional · superlative most congressional
- governmentOf or relating to a congress.
1 more example
That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI and other law enforcement organizations were doing enough on the prevention side,” Cordero told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday.
2022 October 4, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, “Secret recording played at trial shows Oath Keepers allegedly planning for violence in DC”, in CNN
Congressional2
comparative more Congressional · superlative most Congressional
- Of or pertaining to the United States Congress.
Origin
- Englishcongression
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcongressional
From congression + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese congressional
- congressionalof or relating to a congress
Vietnamese quốc hội
- quốc hộiof or relating to a congress
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congressional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressional
“congressional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressional. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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