Congress

This article is about the forum. For other uses, see Congress (disambiguation).
Meeting in the Hall of Knights in The Hague during the Congress of Europe, 1948

A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups.[1] The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the Latin congressus.[2]

  1. ^ "congress". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online. London: Longman. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "congress". Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2018.