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congression Now rare.|kənˈgrɛʃən|
[ad. L. congressiōn-em, n. of action. f. congred-ī to go or come together: so F. congression in sense 1 (16th c. in Littré).]
1. The action of coming together or meeting; = congress n. 1, 2.
1611Cotgr., Congression, companie, congression with others. 1650Charleton Paradoxes 18 In the first moment of congression. 1813T. I. M. Forster Atmosph. Phænom. (1815) 60 The spectator..seldom sees it in actual congression.
†2. Copulation, coition; = congress n. 4. Obs.
1546Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. i. iv. 8 a, That by the congression and compaignye of these two sexes..there issue might be enlarged. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. ii. Rule 3 If the danger..can legitimate the congression.
†3. Hostile encounter; = congress n. 3. Obs.
c1611Chapman Iliad i. Comm. (D.), I must conscionably make congression with such as have diminished, mangled, and maimed my..author. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. 20 Their War..by a violent or accidental congression of two swarmes.
†4. Comparison. Obs.—1
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. iv. Rule 1 The truth of Christianity, approved by a direct and close congression with other religions. |