parliament

Meaning of parliament

noun
  1. A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
  2. In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
  3. A particular 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).
    Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament.
  4. A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
  5. Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread.

Information about parliament

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of parliament is: parliaments.
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Hyphenation of parliament

par-lia-ment

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • parliament is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

parliament synonyms

Meaning fantan:

fantan, sevens

Translation of parliament

Anagrams of parliament

Palermitan, Parentilam

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