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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.) 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..
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Divide
::
Divide
(v. i.) To vote, as in the
British
Parliament,
by the
members
separating
themselves
into two
parties
(as on
opposite
sides of the hall or in
opposite
lobbies),
that is, the ayes
dividing
from the
noes..
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..
Chartism
::
Chartism
(n.) The
principles
of a
political
party in
England
(1838-48),
which
contended
for
universal
suffrage,
the vote by
ballot,
annual
parliaments,
equal
electoral
districts,
and other
radical
reforms,
as set forth in a
document
called
the
People's
Charter..
Whig
::
Whig (n.) One of a
political
party which grew up in
England
in the
seventeenth
century,
in the
reigns
of
Charles
I. and II., when great
contests
existed
respecting
the royal
prerogatives
and the
rights
of the
people.
Those who
supported
the king in his high
claims
were
called
Tories,
and the
advocates
of
popular
rights,
of
parliamentary
power over the
crown,
and of
toleration
to
Dissenters,
were, after 1679,
called
Whigs.
The terms
Liberal
and
Radical
have now
generally
superseded
Whig in
Englis
Disestablishment
::
Disestablishment
(n.) The act or
process
of
unsettling
or
breaking
up that which has been
established;
specifically,
the
withdrawal
of the
support
of the state from an
established
church;
as, the
disestablishment
and
disendowment
of the Irish
Church
by Act of
Parliament..
Hustings
::
Hustings
(n. pl.) Any one of the
temporary
courts
held for the
election
of
members
of the
British
Parliament.
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..
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..
Unparliamentary
::
Unparliamentary
(a.) Not
parliamentary;
contrary
to the
practice
of
parliamentary
bodies.
House
::
House (n.) One of the
estates
of a
kingdom
or other
government
assembled
in
parliament
or
legislature;
a body of men
united
in a
legislative
capacity;
as, the House of
Lords;
the House of
Commons;
the House of
Representatives;
also, a
quorum
of such a body. See
Congress,
and
Parliament..
Storven
::
Storthing
(n.) The
Parliament
of
Norway,
chosen
by
indirect
election
once in three
years,
but
holding
annual
sessions..
Division
::
Division
(n.)
Separation
of the
members
of a
deliberative
body, esp. of the
Houses
of
Parliament,
to
ascertain
the
vote..
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..
Parliamentarian
::
Parliamentarian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament.
Tack
::
Tack (v. t.) In
parliamentary
usage,
to add (a
supplement)
to a bill; to
append;
-- often with on or to..
Commons
::
Commons
(n. pl.) The House of
Commons,
or lower house of the
British
Parliament,
consisting
of
representatives
elected
by the
qualified
voters
of
counties,
boroughs,
and
universities..
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..
Parliamentarian
::
Parliamentarian
(n.) One
versed
in the rules and
usages
of
Parliament
or
similar
deliberative
assemblies;
as, an
accomplished
parliamentarian..
Parliamentarily
::
Parliamentarily
(adv.)
In a
parliamentary
manner.
Parliamental
::
Parliamental
(a.)
Parliamentary.
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