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Definition of parliament
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of parliament is as below...
Parliament
(n.) A
formal
conference
on
public
affairs;
a
general
council;
esp., an
assembly
of
representatives
of a
nation
or
people
having
authority
to make
laws..
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Prorogue
::
Prorogue
(v. t.) To end the
session
of a
parliament
by an order of the
sovereign,
thus
deferring
its
business..
Parliamentary
::
Parliamentary
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament;
as,
parliamentary
authority..
Rota
::
Rota (n.) A
short-lived
political
club
established
in 1659 by
J.Harrington
to
inculcate
the
democratic
doctrine
of
election
of the
principal
officers
of the state by
ballot,
and the
annual
retirement
of a
portion
of
Parliament..
Cortes
::
Cortes
(n. pl.) The
legislative
assembly,
composed
of
nobility,
clergy,
and
representatives
of
cities,
which in Spain and in
Portugal
answers,
in some
measure,
to the
Parliament
of Great
Britain..
Supreme
::
Supremacy
(n.) The state of being
supreme,
or in the
highest
station
of
power;
highest
or
supreme
authority
or
power;
as, the
supremacy
of a king or a
parliament..
Calling
::
Calling
(n.) A
summoning
or
convocation,
as of
Parliament..
Supply
::
Supply
(n.) An
amount
of money
provided,
as by
Parliament
or
Congress,
to meet the
annual
national
expenditures;
generally
in the
plural;
as, to vote
supplies..
Hansard
::
Hansard
(n.) An
official
report
of
proceedings
in the
British
Parliament;
-- so
called
from the name of the
publishers.
Country
::
Country
(adv.)
The
inhabitants
or
people
of a state or a
region;
the
populace;
the
public.
Hence:
(a) One's
constituents.
(b) The whole body of the
electors
of
state;
as, to
dissolve
Parliament
and
appeal
to the
country..
Starched
::
Star-chamber
(n.) An
ancient
high court
exercising
jurisdiction
in
certain
cases,
mainly
criminal,
which sat
without
the
intervention
of a jury. It
consisted
of the
king's
council,
or of the privy
council
only with the
addition
of
certain
judges.
It could
proceed
on mere rumor or
examine
witnesses;
it could apply
torture.
It was
abolished
by the Long
Parliament
in
1641..
Parliamentarian
::
Parliamentarian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament.
Table
::
Table (v. t.) In
parliamentary
usage,
to lay on the
table;
to
postpone,
by a
formal
vote, the
consideration
of (a bill,
motion,
or the like) till
called
for, or
indefinitely..
Reichsrath
::
Reichsrath
(n.) The
parliament
of
Austria
(exclusive
of
Hungary,
which has its own diet, or
parliament).
It
consists
of an Upper and a Lower
House,
or a House of Lords and a House of
Representatives..
Triennial
::
Triennial
(a.)
Continuing
three
years;
as,
triennial
parliaments;
a
triennial
reign..
Parliamentary
::
Parliamentary
(a.)
According
to the rules and
usages
of
Parliament
or of
deliberative
bodies;
as, a
parliamentary
motion..
Septennial
::
Septennial
(a.)
Lasting
or
continuing
seven
years;
as,
septennial
parliaments..
Passage
::
Passage
(v. i.) In
parliamentary
proceedings:
(a) The
course
of a
proposition
(bill,
resolution,
etc.)
through
the
several
stages
of
consideration
and
action;
as,
during
its
passage
through
Congress
the bill was
amended
in both
Houses.
(b) The
advancement
of a bill or other
proposition
from one stage to
another
by an
affirmative
vote; esp., the final
affirmative
action
of the body upon a
proposition;
hence,
adoption;
enactment;
as, the
passage
of the bill to its third
reading
was
delayed..
Parliament
::
Parliament
(n.) A
formal
conference
on
public
affairs;
a
general
council;
esp., an
assembly
of
representatives
of a
nation
or
people
having
authority
to make
laws..
Province
::
Province
(n.)
Specif.:
Any
political
division
of the
Dominion
of
Canada,
having
a
governor,
a local
legislature,
and
representation
in the
Dominion
parliament.
Hence,
colloquially,
The
Provinces,
the
Dominion
of
Canada..
Chiltern Hundreds
::
Chiltern
Hundreds
() A tract of crown land in
Buckinghamshire
and
Oxfordshire,
England,
to which is
attached
the
nominal
office
of
steward.
As
members
of
Parliament
cannot
resign,
when they wish to go out they
accept
this
stewardship,
which
legally
vacates
their
seats..
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