general assembly
noun
1
: the highest governing body in a religious denomination (such as the United Presbyterian Church)
2
: a legislative assembly
especially
: a U.S. state legislature
3
capitalized G&A
: the supreme deliberative body of the United Nations
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File photo of a woman praying, taken during the opening service for the autumn general assembly of the German Bishops' Conference in the Fulda Cathedral in Fulda, Germany, in September 2016.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
The Organization of American States opened its general assembly on Wednesday in St. John’s, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, where for the first time its top leader hails from the Caribbean region.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The 55th regular session of the OAS general assembly is taking place at a critical time for the agency, which continues to be dogged by questions over it relevancy amid serious governance issues in the hemisphere.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The claim states that FMF instead believes that the six-year pause began in 2020-2021, and not the year prior as had been approved by the FMF’s general assembly.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
The Organization of American States opened its general assembly on Wednesday in St. John’s, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, where for the first time its top leader hails from the Caribbean region.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The 55th regular session of the OAS general assembly is taking place at a critical time for the agency, which continues to be dogged by questions over it relevancy amid serious governance issues in the hemisphere.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The claim states that FMF instead believes that the six-year pause began in 2020-2021, and not the year prior as had been approved by the FMF’s general assembly.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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“General assembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20assembly. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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