parliament
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parliament /ˈpɑːləm(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 other nations and states.
– derivatives
parliamentary adjective.
parliamentary adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. parlement ‘speaking’.
'parliament' also found in these Oxford entries:
act
- another
- bar
- bill
- blue book
- borough
- burgess
- chamber
- chapter
- Civil List
- clerk
- command
- Command Paper
- committee
- committee stage
- convention
- country
- cross
- Dáil
- division bell
- electorate
- EP
- erode
- estate
- Euro-MP
- guillotine
- guy
- Hansard
- Hon
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Houses of Parliament
- hustings
- interpellate
- intitule
- journal
- Knesset
- knight
- leader
- lobby
- lower house
- majlis
- manager
- MEP
- MP
- MSP
- Parl.
- parliamentarian
- parliamentary private secretary
