parliament
31parliament — The supreme legislative assembly of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the king or queen and the three estates of the realm, viz., the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons. High Court of Parliament. In English law, the… …
32parliament — noun /ˈpɑːləmənt,ˈpɑɹləmənt/ a) Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers. A certain boy leaning up against me… …
33Parliament — See Knesset (Parliament) …
34Parliament — Before the Conquest, Norman dukes had a curia ducis, through which they did business. In England, the equivalent was the *curia regis, and a great council which met two or three times each year. Tenants in chief attended and advised the king; as… …
35Parliament — During the period of the Dutch Republic (1581– 1795), the Staten Generaal (States General) was an assembly of rep resentatives from the seven sovereign provinces. Affairs concerning the union, religion, and defense(e.g., foreignrelations, the… …
36parliament — [13] The French verb parler ‘talk’ has made a small but significant contribution to English. Amongst its legacies are parlance [16], parley [16], parlour [13] (etymologically a ‘room set aside for conversation’), and parliament itself. This came… …
37Parliament — see parliament …
38parliament — 1. obsolete British a lavatory An excruciating Victorian pun on sitting. 2. obsolete smuggled or illegally distilled spirits Because no excise duty had been paid on it: It s as good parliament as ever gentleman tasted. (Croker …
39parliament — [ pα:ləm(ə)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… …
40Parliament — (English) Representative assembly first defined in the Magna Carta in the 13th century. First comprised of the king’s officers and the peers of the realm, the assembly gradually grew beyond the Barons to include knights of shires who were… …
