Editing Congress (section)

{{Short description|Formal meeting of representatives of different countries, states, organizations, etc.}}
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[[File:Europa Congres Ridderzaal Den Haag. Overzicht, Bestanddeelnr 902-7379.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Meeting in the [[Ridderzaal|Hall of Knights]] in [[The Hague]] during the [[Congress of Europe]], 1948]]

A '''congress''' is a formal meeting of the [[Representative democracy|representatives]] of different [[countries]], constituent states, organizations, [[trade unions]], [[political party|political parties]], or other groups.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/congress |title=congress |work=Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online |publisher=[[Longman]] |location=London |access-date=June 12, 2013 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615135447/https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/congress |url-status=live }}</ref> The term originated in [[Late Middle English]] to denote an [[wikt:encounter|encounter]] (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the [[Latin]] ''[[wikt:congressus|congressus]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=congress |url= https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/congress |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160925012628/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/congress   |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2016 |work=Oxford English Dictionary Online| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]| location=Oxford |access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref>