Parliamentary
[,pɑːlə'ment(ə)rɪ] or [,pɑrlə'mɛntri]
Definition
(adj.) having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament; 'parliamentary government' .
(adj.) in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly; 'parliamentary law' .
(adj.) relating to or having the nature of a parliament; 'parliamentary reform'; 'a parliamentary body' .
Editor: Sheldon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.
(a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.
(a.) According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion.
Editor: Nell
Examples
- This was, when he was asked a Parliamentary question on any one topic, to return an answer on any other. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the parliamentary inquiry in 1764, the witnesses stated the price of the choice pieces of the best beef to be to the consumer 4d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sir Leicester, in the library, has fallen asleep for the good of the country over the report of a Parliamentary committee. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In 1688 was granted the parliamentary bounty upon the exportation of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A high note of contempt for democracy was sounded: The soldier and the army, not parliamentary majorities, have welded together the German Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP I did not allow my resolution, with respect to the Parliamentary Debates, to cool. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In France there had been no Magna Carta, and there was no tradition of parliamentary rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So for a time ended this Parliamentary threat to Grand Monarchy in Eastern Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This particularly obtains in all Parliamentary affairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You have no idea how the Genius of the country (overlook the Parliamentary nature of the phrase, and don't be bored by it) tends to being left alone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Pitt was gone to a parliamentary dinner, she said, when Rawdon's note came, and so, dear Rawdon, I--I came myself; and she put her kind hand in his. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If the important sovereignty of a country were in what is called its parliamentary life, then the day of Plato's philosopher-kings would be far off indeed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Brooke is not a bad fellow, but he has done some good things on his estate that he never would have done but for this Parliamentary bite. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By Parliamentary, this morning. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The man of science tried in vain to explain some simple piece of apparatus to this fine flower of the parliamentary world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I came forty mile by Parliamentary this morning, and I'm going back the same forty mile this afternoon. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In March 1764, there was a parliamentary inquiry into the causes of the high price of provisions at that time. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Nell