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Parliament
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- 1 Alternative letter-case form of parliament, a specific parliament, particularly that of England or the United Kingdom. alt-of
- 1 A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues. countable, historical, uncountable
"By the 13th Century, a parliament was when kings met up with English barons to raise cash for fighting wars - mostly against Scotland."
- 2 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 wordnet
- 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
"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."
- 4 a legislative assembly in certain countries wordnet
- 5 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
"Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament."
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- 6 A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls. collective, countable, uncountable
""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.""
- 7 Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread. countable, historical, uncountable
"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."
Etymology
From Middle English parlement, from Anglo-Norman parliament, parlement, parliment and Old French parlement (“discussion, meeting, negotiation; assembly, council”), from parler (“to speak”) + -ment (“-ment”, suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually indicating an action or state resulting from them) (from Latin -mentum). Compare Medieval Latin parlamentum, parliamentum (“discussion, meeting; council or court summoned by the monarch”), Italian parlamento and Sicilian parramentu.
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