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  • proper noun The parliament of the Isle of Man.

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Examples

  • It has its own form of government—called Tynwald, which is a holdover from the Viking days.

    Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007

  • Tynwald is a changed form of the old Icelandic or Norse word "Thingvoll," meaning a plain where a Thing, or Parliament is held.

    Our Democratic Heritage 1939

  • + The Isle of Man has it's own Parliament called "Tynwald" - and it makes it's own laws.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Kerron Cross 2006

  • + The Isle of Man has it's own Parliament called "Tynwald" - and it makes it's own laws.

    I'll Love Man... Kerron Cross 2006

  • On our two acres—the average size for Tynwald—were my parents, my brother Richard, my sister Ellah, my brother Nhamu and me, the youngest.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

  • On our two acres—the average size for Tynwald—were my parents, my brother Richard, my sister Ellah, my brother Nhamu and me, the youngest.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

  • Oh and Happy Tynwald Day to Manx people, for the 5th!

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Happy 4th! 2007

  • On our two acres—the average size for Tynwald—were my parents, my brother Richard, my sister Ellah, my brother Nhamu and me, the youngest.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

  • On our two acres—the average size for Tynwald—were my parents, my brother Richard, my sister Ellah, my brother Nhamu and me, the youngest.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

  • No Hassle Loans is always a hard act to follow on these things but can you please tell me Kerron: does the Tynwald have a particularly lenient attitude to grocers' apostrophes?

    I'll Love Man... Kerron Cross 2006

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