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congress
 
NOUN:1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal : get-together. See COLLECT. 2. A formal assemblage of the members of a group: assembly, conference, convention, convocation, meeting. See ASSEMBLE. 3. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP.
 
 
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