Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A representative body having supreme legislative powers within a state or multinational organization.
- noun The national legislature of the United Kingdom, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To busy one's self with parliamentary matters; attend to one's duties as member of Parliament.
- noun A conference or consultation.
- noun A meeting or assembly for conference or deliberation; especially, an assembly of the people or their representatives to deliberate or legislate on national affairs.
- noun Specifically [capitalized] The supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the three estates of the realm, namely the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons; the general council of the nation, constituting the legislature, summoned by the sovereign's authority to consult on the affairs of the nation and to enact and repeal laws.
- noun [capitalized] One of similar legislative bodies constituting the legislatures of the Dominion of Canada, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, and other self-governing colonies of the British empire.
- noun In France, before the revolution of 1789, one of several courts, including various provincial parliaments, and especially the Parliament of Paris (see below).
- noun In law, an assembly of the members of the two Temples (Inner and Middle) to consult upon the affairs of the society.
- noun [Short for
parliament-cake .] Same asparliament-cake
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
- noun A formal conference on public affairs; a general council
- noun 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.
- noun In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
- noun the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast.
- noun (Arch.) a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall.
- noun See under
Long , andRump .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An institution whose
elected or appointed members meet to debate the majorpolitical issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers. - noun A collective noun for a flock of
owls orrooks . - noun historical Parliament cake; a type of
gingerbread .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a legislative assembly in certain countries
- noun a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Polls show that "trust in parliament" is running at about 10%.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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Polls show that "trust in parliament" is running at about 10%.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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The liberal gain, aside from the inclusion of women in parliament, is really not the prominent.
Global Voices in English » Kuwait: Election History: Four Women Win Parliament Seats 2009
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If then free discussion in parliament is to mean anything, if it is to be real, certain measures of strength must be accorded to the opposition.
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Something like this did not take place in German parliament, which is rather unfortunate.
Federal Judge in Germany: Numerous 9/11 Theories Screaming For Investigation 2009
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Basically parliamentary government, as the word parliament from the French verb "parler", implies, is government by debate, by organized discussion pro and con, leading to decision.
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It is not a pilgrimage, because the English are really neither Jews nor Christians, but follow a sort of religion of their own, which is made every year by their bishops, one of whom they have sent to Jerusalem, in what they call a parliament, a college of muftis; you understand.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Or would you have expected the gub'ment to simply acknowledge that you had a "different view of ethics," and debate that in parliament when making these evil laws?
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Even parliament is under controle of the President.
Global Voices in English » Uganda: Nine Dead in Kampala Riots 2009
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Decisions in parliament should be made through an inclusive process of dialogue and deliberation.
Global Voices in English » Maldives: The First Free Parliamentary Election 2009
skipvia commented on the word parliament
A flock of owls
November 16, 2007