Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - parliament
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Parliament
parliament
~ n 1 the group of people who are elected to make a country's laws and discuss important national affairs 2 Parliament the main law-making institution in the United Kingdom, which consists of the house of commons and the house of lords (enter Parliament/get into Parliament (=be elected as a member of Parliament)) 3 the period during which this institution meets (We expect to get these laws passed during the present parliament.)
parliamentarian ~ n a skilled and experienced member of a parliament
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see parliament PARLIAMENT also Parliament (parliaments) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The parliament of some countries, for example Britain, is the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies the country should follow. Parliament today approved the policy, but it has not yet become law. N-COUNT; N-PROPER see also Houses of Parliament, Member of Parliament 2. A particular parliament is a particular period of time in which a parliament is doing its work, between two elections or between two periods of holiday. The legislation is expected to be passed in the next parliament. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parlement, from parler Date: 13th century 1. a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs; specifically a council of state in early medieval England 2. a. an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b. a similar assemblage in another nation or state 3. a. the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages b. the British House of Commons 4. one of several principal courts of justice existing in France before the Revolution of 1789 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 (Parliament) a (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. b the members of this legislature for a particular period, esp. between one dissolution and the next. 2 a similar legislature in other nations and States. Etymology: ME f. OF parlement speaking (as PARLANCE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I noun 1) парламент; meeting of parliament - заседание парламента; to have a seat in parliament - быть членом парламента 2) сессия парламента; The legislation is expected to be passed in the next parliament. 3) attr. парламентский II noun имбирный пряник ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., from O.Fr. parlement, from parler "to speak" (see parley); spelling altered c.1400 to conform with M.L. parliamentum. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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