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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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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..
Borough
::
Borough
(n.) In
England,
an
incorporated
town that is not a city; also, a town that sends
members
to
parliament;
in
Scotland,
a body
corporate,
consisting
of the
inhabitants
of a
certain
district,
erected
by the
sovereign,
with a
certain
jurisdiction;
in
America,
an
incorporated
town or
village,
as in
Pennsylvania
and
Connecticut..
Parliamentary
::
Parliamentary
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament;
as,
parliamentary
authority..
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..
Parliamental
::
Parliamental
(a.)
Parliamentary.
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..
Special
::
Special
(a.)
Appropriate;
designed
for a
particular
purpose,
occasion,
or
person;
as, a
special
act of
Parliament
or of
Congress;
a
special
sermon..
Prorogue
::
Prorogue
(v. t.) To end the
session
of a
parliament
by an order of the
sovereign,
thus
deferring
its
business..
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..
Blue Book
::
Blue book () A
parliamentary
publication,
so
called
from its blue paper
covers..
Storven
::
Storthing
(n.) The
Parliament
of
Norway,
chosen
by
indirect
election
once in three
years,
but
holding
annual
sessions..
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
Sergeant
::
Sergeant
(n.)
Formerly,
in
England,
an
officer
nearly
answering
to the more
modern
bailiff
of the
hundred;
also, an
officer
whose duty was to
attend
on the king, and on the lord high
steward
in
court,
to
arrest
traitors
and other
offenders.
He is now
called
sergeant-at-arms,
and two of these
officers,
by
allowance
of the
sovereign,
attend
on the
houses
of
Parliament
(one for each
house)
to
execute
their
commands,
and
another
attends
the Court
Chancery..
Burgess
::
Burgess
(n.) One who
represents
a
borough
in
Parliament.
Cavalier
::
Cavalier
(n.) One of the court party in the time of king
Charles
I. as
contrasted
with a
Roundhead
or an
adherent
of
Parliament.
Option
::
Option
(n.) A right
formerly
belonging
to an
archbishop
to
select
any one
dignity
or
benefice
in the gift of a
suffragan
bishop
consecrated
or
confirmed
by him, for
bestowal
by
himself
when next
vacant;
--
annulled
by
Parliament
in
1845..
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..
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..
Session
::
Session
(n.)
Hence,
also, the time,
period,
or term
during
which a
court,
council,
legislature,
etc., meets daily for
business;
or, the space of time
between
the first
meeting
and the
prorogation
or
adjournment;
thus, a
session
of
Parliaments
is
opened
with a
speech
from the
throne,
and
closed
by
prorogation.
The
session
of a
judicial
court is
called
a
term..
Protest
::
Protest
(v.) A
solemn
declaration
of
opinion,
commonly
a
formal
objection
against
some act;
especially,
a
formal
and
solemn
declaration,
in
writing,
of
dissent
from the
proceedings
of a
legislative
body; as, the
protest
of lords in
Parliament..
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