General assembly - Definition and Overview
Related Words:
Architecture
,
Assemblage
,
Association
,
Ball
,
Bench
,
Board
,
Body
,
Brethren
,
Building
,
Cabinet
,
Camarilla
The term
general assembly
can refer to
The largest unit of organisation in the polity of a (national)
Presbyterian church
, containing several
synods
or
presbyteries
.
The name of the
legislature
in several
U.S. states
The general assembly or
landsgemeinde
of all citizens used as an institution of direct democracy in some Swiss cantons.
The
United Nations General Assembly
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