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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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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..
Plimsoll''s Mark
::
Plimsoll's
mark () A mark
conspicuously
painted
on the port side of all
British
sea-going
merchant
vessels,
to
indicate
the limit of
submergence
allowed
by law; -- so
called
from
Samuel
Plimsoll,
by whose
efforts
the act of
Parliament
to
prevent
overloading
was
procured..
Blue Book
::
Blue book () A
parliamentary
publication,
so
called
from its blue paper
covers..
Triennial
::
Triennial
(a.)
Continuing
three
years;
as,
triennial
parliaments;
a
triennial
reign..
Prorogation
::
Prorogation
(n.) The act of
proroguing;
the
ending
of the
session
of
Parliament,
and
postponing
of its
business,
by the
command
of the
sovereign..
Burgess
::
Burgess
(n.) One who
represents
a
borough
in
Parliament.
Parliamentary
::
Parliamentary
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament;
as,
parliamentary
authority..
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..
Pair
::
Pair (n.) Two
members
of
opposite
parties
or
opinion,
as in a
parliamentary
body, who
mutually
agree not to vote on a given
question,
or on
issues
of a party
nature
during
a
specified
time; as, there were two pairs on the final
vote..
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..
Dissolve
::
Dissolve
(v. t.) To
separate
into
competent
parts;
to
disorganize;
to break up;
hence,
to bring to an end by
separating
the
parts,
sundering
a
relation,
etc.; to
terminate;
to
destroy;
to
deprive
of
force;
as, to
dissolve
a
partnership;
to
dissolve
Parliament..
Parliamentary
::
Parliamentary
(a.)
According
to the rules and
usages
of
Parliament
or of
deliberative
bodies;
as, a
parliamentary
motion..
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..
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..
Whip
::
Whip (v. t.) A call made upon
members
of a
Parliament
party to be in their
places
at a given time, as when a vote is to be
taken..
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..
Tenth
::
Tenth (n.) A
temporary
aid
issuing
out of
personal
property,
and
granted
to the king by
Parliament;
formerly,
the real tenth part of all the
movables
belonging
to the
subject..
Septennial
::
Septennial
(a.)
Lasting
or
continuing
seven
years;
as,
septennial
parliaments..
Vacate
::
Vacate
(v. t.) To make
vacant;
to leave
empty;
to cease from
filling
or
occupying;
as, it was
resolved
by
Parliament
that James had
vacated
the
throne
of
England;
the
tenant
vacated
the
house..
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
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