congressional English · revision 7023

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[congress]] and [[-al]], with -ion- inserted after Latin [[m|la|congressio|t=a meeting]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or relating to a congress: before 1691 in the OED, the 1690s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of the Congress of the American states it is from 1775–76.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The word was at first reviled as barbarous, but Pickering (1816) quotes an English correspondent: ''The term Congress belonging to America, the Americans may employ its derivatives, without waiting for the assent of the English.''^(Etymonline) Bartlett's dictionary of Americanisms (1848) cites Webster and Marshall for it.^(Bartlett 1848)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1691 – of a congress.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1775 – of the US Congress.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to a [[congress]], especially the [[Congress]] of the United States.^(AHD 2000)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[congressionalist]]

+ * [[congressionally]]

+ * [[precongressional]]

+ * [[uncongressional]]

+ * [[congressional district]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[congress]]

+ * [[congressman]]

+ * [[congresswoman]]

+ * [[progress]]

+ * [[egress]]

+ * [[grade]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}