Word Meanings - PARLIAMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. But first they held their parliament. Rom. of R. 2. A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.

Additional info about word: PARLIAMENT

1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. But first they held their parliament. Rom. of R. 2. A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws. They made request that it might be lawful for them to summon a parliament of Gauls. Golding. 3. The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws. Note: Thought the sovereign is a constituting branch of Parliament, the word is generally used to denote the three estates named above. 4. In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts. Parliament heel, the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast. -- Parliament hinge , a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall. -- Long Parliament, Rump Parliament. See under Long, and Rump.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PARLIAMENT)

• Congress
• Parliament
• council
• conclave
• assembly
• synod
• legislature
• convention
• Council
• Cabinet
• bureau
• chamber
• consultation
• parliament
• congress
• company
• meeting
• conference
• convocation

Related words: (words related to PARLIAMENT)

• MEETER
  One who meets.
• CONFERENCE
  A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting,
• CONVENTIONALLY
  In a conventional manner.
• CHAMBERING
  Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
• CONGRESSIVE
  Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
• CHAMBERER
  1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
• CONVENTIONAL
  1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
• CONVENTIONALISM
  The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
• BUREAUCRAT
  An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
• CHAMBERED
  Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
• CONGRESSMAN
  A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
• CONVOCATIONIST
  An advocate or defender of convocation.
• CONVENTIONIST
  One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
• BUREAUCRATIST
  An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
• ASSEMBLY
  A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. Note: In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General
• CONGRESSIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided ,
• SYNODIC; SYNODICAL
  Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet.
• MEETEN
  To render fit.
• COUNCILMAN
  A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
• CHAMBERMAID
  1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc. 2. A lady's maid. Johnson.
• STAR-CHAMBER
  An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• WATCH MEETING
  A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
• INCHAMBER
  To lodge in a chamber. Sherwood.
• DISCOMPANY
  To free from company; to dissociate. It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.