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parliamentary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective parliamentary has 3 senses
- parliamentary(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or having the nature of a parliament; "parliamentary reform"; "a parliamentary body" Derived form noun parliament1
- parliamentary(s = adj.all) Array - having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament; "parliamentary government"
- parliamentary(s = adj.all) Array - in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly; "parliamentary law"
CIDE DICTIONARY
parliamentary, a. [Cf. F. parlementaire.].
- Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion; parliamentary order; parliamentary procedure. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
parliamentary, adj.
1 of or relating to a parliament.
2 enacted or established by a parliament.
3 (of language) admissible in a parliament; polite.
1 of or relating to a parliament.
2 enacted or established by a parliament.
3 (of language) admissible in a parliament; polite.
Idiom
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration the official name of the ombudsman in the UK. parliamentary private secretary a member of parliament assisting a government minister.
THESAURUS
parliamentary
absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bicameral, bureaucratic, civic, civil, conforming, conformist, congressional, constitutional, deliberative, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, formal, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, lawmaking, legislative, legislatorial, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, ordered, orderly, parliamentarian, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, procedural, republican, self-governing, senatorial, theocratic, totalitarian, unicameralROGET THESAURUS
parliamentary
Council
N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.
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