congressional

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/kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl//kəŋˈɡɹɛʃn̩əl/

adjective

Of or relating to a congress.

CommonScrabble 16

Meanings

congressional1

adjectivecongressional (comparative more congressional, superlative most congressional)

comparative more congressional · superlative most congressional

  1. 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

adjectiveCongressional (comparative more Congressional, superlative most Congressional)

comparative more Congressional · superlative most Congressional

  1. Of or pertaining to the United States Congress.

Origin

  1. Englishcongression
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishcongressional

From congression + -al.

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Translations

Portuguese congressional
  • congressionalof or relating to a congress
Vietnamese quốc hội
  • quốc hộiof or relating to a congress
Cite this entry
APA

congressional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressional

MLA

“congressional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressional. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “congressional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressional.

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