Congressional

//kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a congress.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the United States Congress.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to congress wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bicamerallawmakinglegislativeparliamentaryunicameral

Example

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"The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee."

Etymology

From congression + -al.

Related phrases

congressional delegationcongressional districtcongressional fellowunited states

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