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Definition of Parliamentary

1. Adjective. Relating to or having the nature of a parliament. "A parliamentary body"

2. Adjective. Having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament. "Parliamentary government"

3. Adjective. In accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly. "Parliamentary law"

Definition of Parliamentary

1. a. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.

Definition of Parliamentary

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament ¹

2. Adjective. Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parliamentary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parliamentary

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parlez vousing parliament parliamental parliamentarian parliamentarily parliamentary (current term) parliamentary agent parliamentary democracy parliamentary law parliamentary monarchy

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Literary usage of Parliamentary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1858)
"parliamentary Government considered with reference to a Reform of Parliament. An Essay by Earl GREY. London: 1858. AN Essay by Earl Grey on the established ..."

2. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon (1896)
"parliamentary crowds present most of the characteristics common to heterogeneous crowds that are not anonymous—The simplicity of their opinions—Their ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"But, in the imperfect state of parliamentary discipline, it would seem that ... The only alternative was parliamentary reform, which would have enabled ..."

4. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1902)
"CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF parliamentary SOVEREIGNTY THE sovereignty of Parliament is (from a legal point Chapter of view) the dominant characteristic of our ..."

5. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1908)
"Such an'executive may appropriately be termed a "parliamentary executive." Under the other form of representative government the executive, whether it be an ..."

6. The Contemporary Review (1874)
"391ST DOS 53 S parliamentary GOVERNMENT. IN TWO PAPERS. ... parliamentary Government has been irrevocably established amongst us, and it is impossible to ..."

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