parliament
/ˈpɑɹləmənt/ sustantivo B2En español: parlamento
- A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
- 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 collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
- 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.
- A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
- Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread.
Plural parliaments
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Charlie Sloane says he’s going to go into politics and be a member of Parliament, but Mrs.
All these trees, great or small, were turned in the direction to which the Mistral blows, one of the three curses of Provence, the others being the Durance and the Parliament.
The newly constructed Houses of Parliament sat directly alongside the heavily polluted river, a location that quickly became a considerable liability.
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