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Definition parliament
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parliament, parlement, parliment, and Middle French 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 Late Latin parlamentum, parliamentum (“discussion, meeting; council or court summoned by the monarch”), Italian parlamento.
Noun
parliament (plural parliaments)
- (now chiefly historical) A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues. [from 14th c.]
- The supreme executive legislature of the United Kingdom, subsequently applied to corresponding legislative assemblies in other countries; an institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative sometimes judicial powers. [from 14th c.]
- An 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). [from 14th c.]
- A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls. [from 15th c.]
- (historical) Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread. [from 19th c.]
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