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parliamentary
/ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
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What does parliamentary mean?
adjective
- Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.
- Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
- Alternative letter-case form of parliamentary, typically in reference to a specific parliament, usually that of England or the United Kingdom.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (historical) Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.
noun
- (historical) A parliamentary train.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
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Fortunately all the characteristics just described as to be met with in parliamentary assemblies are in no wise constantly displayed.
They carried their principles of freedom and license to the logical ultimate, and attempted to manage their army on Parliamentary principles.
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Such criticism would have had more influence if any clear idea of an alternative to parliamentary democracy had been generally apprehended.
The Westminster election, which is still scrutinizing, produced us a parliamentary event this week, and was very near producing something much bigger.
She would never have committed “before strangers” that mistake so often committed by women, and which is called in parliamentary language, “exposing the crown.”