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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A legislative body, especially a US state legislature.
- noun The principal deliberative body of the United Nations, in which each member nation is represented and has one vote.
- noun The supreme governing body of some religious denominations.
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- noun the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations
- noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
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