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What (who) is Parliament - definition

LEGISLATIVE BODY OF GOVERNMENT
Parliamentary; Parliaments; National Parliament; National parliament; Parliment; Cabinet-parliamentary; Parliamnet; Parlaiment; Parliaments of Europe; National Parliaments; Parliarment; Parlament
  • The [[Palace of Westminster]], [[London]]
  • The [[Hungarian Parliament Building]] in [[Budapest]]
  • Federal Assembly]] of [[Switzerland]]
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  • The centre block of the [[Parliament of Canada]] Building in [[Ottawa]]
  • The [[Congress of Deputies]], the lower house of the [[Spanish Parliament]]
  • The [[Parliament of the Netherlands]] in [[The Hague]]
  • The [[National Diet Building]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan
  • Parliament House of Finland]]
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  • A 1215 edition of ''[[Magna Carta]]'', as featured on display at the British Library
  • Parliament House]], [[Canberra]], [[Australia]]
  • [[Parliament of Åland]]
  • Iceland's parliament house, the [[Alþingishúsið]], at [[Austurvöllur]] in [[Reykjavík]], built in 1880–1881, home of one of the oldest still-acting parliaments in the world
  • Parliament House]] of ''[[Riigikogu]]'' in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]
  • The debating chamber of the reconvened [[Scottish Parliament]] from the public gallery
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  • [[State Duma]] of the [[Federal Assembly of Russia]]

Parliament         
·noun A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
II. Parliament ·noun In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
III. Parliament ·noun A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; ·esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.
IV. Parliament ·noun 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.
parliament         
['p?:l?m(?)nt]
¦ noun
1. (Parliament) (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
the members of this legislature for the period between dissolutions.
2. a similar body in other nations and states.
Derivatives
parliamentary adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. parlement 'speaking'.
parliament         
also Parliament (parliaments)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The parliament of some countries, for example Britain, is the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies the country should follow.
Parliament today approved the policy, but it has not yet become law.
N-COUNT; N-PROPER
2.
A particular parliament is a particular period of time in which a parliament is doing its work, between two elections or between two periods of holiday.
The legislation is expected to be passed in the next parliament.
N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Parliament

In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. The term is similar to the idea of a senate, synod or congress and is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies. Some contexts restrict the use of the word parliament to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems (e.g., the Parliament of Ghana), even where it is not in the official name.

Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies, an example being the French medieval and early modern parlements.

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