parliament

par·lia·ment  (pärl-mnt)

n.

1. A national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the state.

2. Parliament The national legislature of various countries, especially that of the United Kingdom, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

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[Middle English, a meeting about national concerns, from Old French parlement, from parler, to talk; see parley.]

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parliament [ˈpɑːləmənt]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an assembly of the representatives of a political nation or people, often the supreme legislative authority

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any legislative or deliberative assembly, conference, etc.

3. (Historical Terms) Also parlement (in France before the Revolution) any of several high courts of justice in which royal decrees were registered

[from Anglo-Latin parliamentum, from Old French parlement, from parler to speak; see parley]

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Parliament [ˈpɑːləmənt]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the highest legislative authority in Britain, consisting of the House of Commons, which exercises effective power, the House of Lords, and the sovereign

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a similar legislature in another country

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the two chambers of a Parliament

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the lower chamber of a Parliament

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the assemblies of such a body created by a general election and royal summons and dissolved before the next election

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Parliament a legislative body and consultative assembly. Also, cricket parliament at Lords, 1903; Pimlico parliament (i.e., the mob), 1799.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parliament - a legislative assembly in certain countries interpellation - (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal laws British Parliament - the British legislative body Knesset, Knesseth - the Israeli unicameral parliament Oireachtas - the parliament of the Irish Republic Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	parliament - a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards sevens, fantan card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

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parliament

noun

1. assembly, council, congress, senate, convention, legislature, talking shop (informal), convocation The Bangladesh Parliament has approved the policy.

2. sitting, diet The legislation will be passed in the next parliament.

3. (with cap.) Houses of Parliament, the House, Westminster, Mother of Parliaments, the House of Commons and the House of Lords Questions have been raised in Parliament regarding this issue.

Quotations
"A parliament can do any thing but make a man a woman, and a woman a man" [2nd Earl of Pembroke]
"A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people" [Walter Bagehot The English Constitution]
"England is the mother of Parliaments" [John Bright speech at Birmingham]

Translations

parliament [ˈpɑːləmənt] N → parlamento m → Cortes fpl (Sp), Congreso m (LAm); (= period between elections) → legislatura f
to go into or enter parliament → ser elegido diputado or senador

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parliament Parliament [ˈpɑː^rləmənt]

n

(= institution) → parlement m
the Westminster Parliament → le parlement de Westminster
the Scottish Parliament → le parlement écossais

(= period between elections) → législature f
He told the party conference he would hold a referendum in this parliament → Il a déclaré à la conférence du parti qu'il organiserait un référendum pendant cette législature.

modif [debate, session] → parlementaire; [minister, member] → du parlement parliament building, parliament house

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parliament

n → Parlament nt; to get into parliament → ins Parlament kommen; to open parliament → das Parlament eröffnen; parliament reconvenes in the early autumn → das Parlament tritt Anfang Herbst wieder zusammen; the German parliament → der Bundestag; the Swiss parliament → die Bundesversammlung; the Austrian parliament → der Nationalrat

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parliament [ˈpɑːləmənt] n → parlamento
to get into parliament → essere eletto/a al parlamento

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parliament [ˈpɑːləmənt] n → parlamento
to get into parliament → essere eletto/a al parlamento

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parliament

n parliament [ˈpaːləmənt]

the highest law-making council of a nation – in Britain, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, considered together an Act of Parliament. parlement بَرْلَمان، المَجلِس النِّيابي парламент parlament parlament das Parlament κοινοβούλιο, βουλή parlamento parlament پارلمان؛ مجلس parlamentti parlement בֵּית-נִבחָרִים संसद parlament országgyűlés, parlament parlemen (þjóð)þing, löggjafarþing parlamento 議会 국회 parlamentas parlaments parlimen parlement parlament, storting parlament parlamento parlament парламент parlament parlament parlament parlament, riksdag รัฐสภา parlamento, millet meclisi 議會 парламент پارليمان، پارليمنٹ quốc hội 议会

adj parliaˈmentary [-ˈmen-]

parlementêr بَرلَماني парламентарен parlamentní parlamentarisk parlamentarisch κοινοβουλευτικός parlamentario parlamentaarne پارلمانی parlamentaarinen parlementaire פַּרלָמֶנטָרִי संसदीय parlamentaran,skupštinski parlamentáris, országgyűlési parlementer þing-; þingræðislegur parlamentare 議会の 의회의 parlamentinis parlamentārs; parlamenta- parlimen parlementair parlamentarisk parlamentarny parlamentar parla­men­­tar парламентский parlamentný parlamentaren parlamentarni parlamentarisk, parlaments- เกี่ยวกับรัฐสภา parlamenter 議會的 парламентський; парламентарний پارليماني thuộc quốc hội 议会的

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parliament → برلمان parlament parlament Parlament κοινοβούλιο parlamento parlamentti parlement sabor parlamento 議会 국회 parlement parlament parlament parlamento парламент parlament รัฐสภา parlamento quốc hội 国会