congress

1. (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.Examples: "After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress."archaiccountableuncountable

2. (often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.Synonyms: assembly, legislature, parliamentcapitalizedcountableoftenuncountable

3. (dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.Examples: "Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares."; "Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat."countabledateduncountable

4. (countable, collective) A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.Examples: "[…] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons."; "2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133, Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there."collectivecountable