parliament

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin parlamentum and its sources, Anglo-Norman and Old French parlement (“‘discussion, meeting, assembly, council’”), from parler (“‘to speak’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɑːlɪmənt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɑɹləmɛnt/
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[edit] Noun

parliament (plural parliaments)

1. Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers.
2. (by extension) The collective noun for a group of rooks (the species of bird) or owls.
3. (historical) Parliament cake; a type of gingerbread.
   • 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, Chapter II:

     A certain boy leaning up against me would not allow my elbow room, and struck me very sadly in the stomach part, though his own was full of my parliament.

[edit] Related terms

• parliamentarian
• parliamentary
• Member of Parliament

[edit] Translations