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Definition of parliament in English:
parliament
noun
1(in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
‘the Secretary of State will lay proposals before Parliament’
‘an Act of Parliament’
1.1 The members of Parliament between one dissolution and the next.
‘the act was passed by the last parliament of the reign’
1.2 A legislature similar to the UK Parliament in other nations and states.
‘the Russian parliament’
2rare A group of rooks or owls.
‘it is uncommon to see a parliament of owls in the wild’
parliament
noun
1(in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
‘the Secretary of State will lay proposals before Parliament’
‘an Act of Parliament’
1.1 The members of Parliament between one dissolution and the next.
‘the act was passed by the last parliament of the reign’
1.2 A legislature similar to the UK Parliament in other nations and states.
‘the Russian parliament’
2rare A group of rooks or owls.
‘it is uncommon to see a parliament of owls in the wild’
