A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; - said of things.
The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
A gathering or assembly; a conference.
A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.
The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.
The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
A formal conference on public affairs; a general council;
The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws.
In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.