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[ noun ]
a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
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Congressional \Con*gres"sion*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress
of the United States; as, congressional debates.

Congressional and official labor. --E. Everett.

{Congressional District}, one of the divisions into which a
State is periodically divided (according to population),
each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the
Congress of the United States.

District \Dis"trict\, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
{Distrain}.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.

2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.

To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.

3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.

These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.

{Congressional district}. See under {Congressional}.

{District attorney}, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.

{District court}, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.

{District judge}, one who presides over a district court.

{District school}, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]

Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country.