congressional

See also: Congressional

English

Etymology

From congression +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəŋˈɡɹɛʃn̩əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

congressional (comparative more congressional, superlative most congressional)

1. Of or pertaining to a congress.
   • 2022 October 4, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, “Secret recording played at trial shows Oath Keepers allegedly planning for violence in DC”, in CNN‎:

     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.

Derived terms

• congressional delegation
• congressional district
• congressional fellow
• congressionally
• precongressional
• uncongressional

Translations

pertaining to a congress

Georgian: საკონგრესო (saḳongreso) Vietnamese: quốc hội (vi)