parliament

Definitions

1. A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
   countable, historical, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of parliament, a specific parliament, particularly that of England or the United Kingdom.
   alt-of
3. In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
   countable, uncountable
4. A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).
   countable, uncountable
5. A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
   collective, countable, uncountable
6. Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread.
   countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

66 more languages

Afrikaansparlement

አማርኛፓርላማ

العربيةالبرلمانبرلمانمجلس

Azərbaycan dilideputatxanaməclisparlament

Беларускаяпарламентпарлямэнт

Българскипарламент

বাংলামজলিসসংসদ

Bosanskiparlamentsaborskupštinaпарламентскупштина+ 2 more

Catalàparlament

Češtinaparlament

Cymraegsenedd

Danskparlamentting

Ελληνικάβουλήκοινοβούλιο

Esperantodeputitejoparlamento

Eestiparlament

Suomieduskuntaparlamenttivaltiopäivät

Gaeilgeparlaimint

Gàidhligpàrlamaid

Galegoparlamento

עבריתפרלמנט

हिन्दीसंसद

Hrvatskiparlamentsaborskupštinaпарламентскупштина+ 2 more

Magyarországgyűlésparlament

Հայերենխորհրդարանպառլամենտ

Bahasa Indonesiadewan perwakilanparlemen

Íslenskaþing

Italianoparlamento

日本語国会議会議院

ქართულიპარლამენტი

Қазақ тіліпарламент

ភាសាខ្មែរសភាសភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ

한국어국회의원의회

Kurdîmeclisting

Кыргызчамажилис

LatinaParl.parlamentumsenatus

ລາວລັດຖະສະພາ

Lietuviųparlamentas

Latviešuparlaments

Te Reo Māoripāremata

Македонскипарламентскупштинасобрание

Монголпарламент

Bahasa Melayuparlimen

Maltiparlament

မြန်မာပါလီမန်လွှတ်တော်

Nederlandsparlement

PolskiparlamentparlamentarnySejmsejmik+ 1 more

Portuguêsparlamento

Românăparlament

Русскийпарламент

Slovenščinaparlament

Gagana Samoafono

Shqipkuvendmbledhjeparlament

Српскиparlamentsaborskupštinaпарламентскупштина+ 2 more

Svenskaparlamentriksdagting

Kiswahilibunge

தமிழ்நாடாளுமன்றம்

Тоҷикӣмаҷлис

ไทยปาลิเมนต์รัฐสภาสภา

Türkmençemejlis

Tagalogbatasanparlamento

Türkçemeclisparlamento

ئۇيغۇرچەپارلامېنتمەجلىس

Українськапарламент

اردومَجْلِس

O'zbekchamajlis

Tiếng Việtnghị trườngnghị viênquốc hội

Examples

“By the 13th Century, a parliament was when kings met up with English barons to raise⟳ cash for fighting wars - mostly against Scotland.”

“The row started over who will run⟳ for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP.”

“Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament.”

“The acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraigne Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. […]”

“[T]he army under Lambert again thrust the Rump Parliament out of doors, and commenced a new military government, by means of a committee of officers, called the Council of Safety.”

“"The people at home call⟳ it a rook's parliament when a whole crowd of rooks settle⟳ on some bare, wide common, and sit⟳ there as if they were consulting, not feeding, only stalking about with drooping wings, and solemn black cloaks."”

“Man is not the random collection of atoms with no opportunity for redemption. A mere school of fish⟳, a gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, and a congress of baboons—am I to believe⟳ these lower primates are my ancestors? And if I should ask⟳ a parliament of owls, what might they say⟳?”

“He'd seen a parliament of rooks a hundred strong fall⟳ on and kill⟳ one of their number⟳ amongst the nodding barley rows, and had been shown a yew that had the face⟳ of Jesus in its bark.”

“A group of owls is called a parliament.”

“He […] was disposed to spoil⟳ little Georgy, sadly gorging the boy with apples and parliament, to the detriment of his health—until Amelia declared that George should never go out with his grandpapa unless the latter promised solemnly, and on his honour, not to give⟳ the child any cakes, lollipops, or stall produce⟳ whatever.”

“A certain boy leaning up against me would not allow⟳ my elbow room, and struck me very sadly in the stomach part, though his own⟳ was full of my parliament.”

“The children had long ago found out that the kites and shuttlecocks were failures; and popular rumour spoke in deprecating terms of the parliament and gingerbread in general, comparing it to petrified sponge, or slices of pumice stone.”

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