parliament

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  1. noun A national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the state.
  2. noun The national legislature of various countries, especially that of the United Kingdom, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

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  • This parliament was adjourned from Leicester, and re-assembled at Westminster on the Octaves of St. Martin, 18th November 1414. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Henri of Monmouth Vol. II by J. Endell Tyler
  • "Whether the parliament will be able to use those powers effectively or not remains to be seen," Krafchik said about the constitutional change in Egypt, whose government has long been regarded as both corrupt and authoritarian. —  Antiwar.com Original
  • A government that receives a majority of the parliament is a legitimate government. —  Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
  • Sarkozy camp wins majority in French parliament: official —  Raw Story
  • "This parliament is the best [by all standards, given] its heated discussions and its ability to regain a part of the people's trust," Habib asserts.
 

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  1. Middle English, a meeting about national concerns, from Old French parlement, from parler, to talk; see parley.

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  1. Now spelled to suit Middle Latin parliamentum for parlamentum; properly, as in early modern English, parlament; from Middle English parlement = Dutch parlement = German parlement, parlament = Swedish Danish parlament = Icelandic parliment, from Old French parlement, French parlement, a speaking, discoursing, conferring, conference, a legislature, court (= Spanish Portuguese Italian parlamento, parliament, etc.; Middle Latin parlamentum, erroneously parliamentum), from parler, speak, talk: see parl.
 

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/ˈpɑrləmənt/
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