Parliament
['pɑːləm(ə)nt] or ['pɑrləmənt]
Definition
(n.) A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
(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.
(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.
(n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. House of Lords and House of Commons (of Great Britain and Ireland).
Typist: Rosanna
Definition
n. a meeting for deliberation: the supreme legislature of Great Britain also of some of her colonies: in France down to the Revolution one of certain superior and final courts of judicature in which also the edicts of the king were registered before becoming law.—adjs. Parliamentā′rian adhering to the Parliament in opposition to Charles I.; Parliament′ary pertaining to parliament: enacted or done by parliament: according to the rules and practices of legislative bodies.—Parliamentary agent a person employed by private persons or societies for drafting bills or managing business to be brought before parliament; Parliamentary borough a borough having the right of sending a member or members to parliament; Parliamentary train a train which by act of parliament runs both ways along a line of railway at least once each day at the rate of one penny per mile.—Act of parliament a statute that has passed through both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and received the formal royal assent.
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Examples
- And do they know that, by that statute, money is not to be raised on the subject but by consent of Parliament? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His mother wished to interest him in political concerns, to get him into parliament, or to see him connected with some of the great men of the day. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mr. Huskisson, one of the members of Parliament for Liverpool, and a warm friend and supporter of Stephenson and the railroad, had stepped from his coach, and was standing on the railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Their exclusive charter has not been confirmed by act of parliament. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It provided by a bill for a meeting of Parliament at least once in three years, whether the King summoned it or no. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She would marry him, he would go into Parliament in the Conservative interest, he would clear up the great muddle of labour and industry. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- All idea of a Peerage was out of the question, the Baronet's two seats in Parliament being lost. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An easy people to govern, in the Parliament and in the Kitchen--that's the moral of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The States-General was far less representative of the whole body of citizens than was the English Parliament even in its Venetian days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Though those complaints produced no act of parliament, they had probably intimidated the company so far, as to oblige them to reform their conduct. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Parliament has not yet taken notice of them, but the newspapers are in full cry against America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Upon Clive Parliament passed a vote of censure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They became the type on which the Parliament sought to reconstruct its entire army. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- BOOK VIII THE AGE OF THE GREAT POWERS XXXVI PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now because of the Union of the Parliaments, the enfranchisement of the English and Irish populations went on simultaneously. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her assembly at Westminster was to become the Mother of Parliaments throughout the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And as to ourselves, we need no longer have recourse to the late glorious stand of the French parliaments to excite our emulation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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