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Definition of Parliament
1. Noun. A legislative assembly in certain countries.
Generic synonyms: General Assembly, Law-makers, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Body, Legislature
Specialized synonyms: British Parliament, Knesset, Knesseth, Oireachtas
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Derivative terms: Parliamentary
2. 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.
Definition of Parliament
1. n. A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
Definition of Parliament
1. Proper noun. Any of several parliaments of various countries. ¹
2. Noun. An institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers. ¹
3. Noun. A collective noun for a flock of owls or rooks. ¹
4. Noun. (historical) Parliament cake; a type of gingerbread. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parliament
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parliament
Literary usage of Parliament
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"As a member of the Long parliament he took his place again in that assembly when
... parliament charged him to bring in a bill for the union of England and ..."
2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"parliament, and in it the House of Commons, was more and more ... All this activity
of public opinion outside stimulated parliament to assert itself. ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"life by the first parliament of his reign. In 1606 a merchant named Bate refused
to pay the duty, on the ground that it had not been granted by parliament. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"They can be removed only by the governor-general on an address from both houses
of parliament. The Canadian parliament consists, like the British, ..."
5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1895)
"Ibid. for 1691-93, ' to Mr. Harrington for soliciting our bill in parliament, 5/i.
7.1 dd.' Ibid, for 1693-93, 'to Mr. Harrington for the prosecution of our ..."
6. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1898)
"Richard's parliament, however, though there were no such exclusions from it, and
though in respect to the distribution of seats it reverted to the customs ..."
7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Gt. Br.—parliament—House of lords—Conf Before and alter the veto. ... parliament and
politics In Westminster. J. McCarthy. Ind. 70: 1265-9. Je. 8, '11. ..."
8. The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1862)
"Declaration of the King after the Dissolution — Prosecutions of Eliot and others
for Conduct in parliament — Of Chambers for refusing to pay Customs ..."
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