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1. parliament
   [n] - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)
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2. parliament
   Legislative (law-making) body of a country. The world's oldest parliament is the Icelandic Althing, which dates from about 930. The UK Parliament is usually dated from 1265. The legislature of the...
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3. Parliament
   Par'lia·ment noun [ Middle English parlement , French parlement , from parler to speak; confer Late Latin parlamentum , parliamentum . See Parley .] 1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. [ Obsol...
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4. parliament
   noun a legislative assembly in certain countries
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5. Parliament
   • (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts. • (n.) A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws. • (n.) A parleying; a discussion; a...
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6. parliament
   (from the article `constitutional law`) The executive is organized very differently in a parliamentary system. In the United Kingdom, whose Westminster system has been adopted in many ... ...of constitutional democracy; Britain, although its system is sometimes referred to as a cabinet system in recognition of the role of the Cabinet .....
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7. Parliament
   (from the article `Papua New Guinea`) ...faced the prospect of no-confidence motions when the 18-month postelection grace period that had kept him immune from parliamentary challenges ...
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8. Parliament
   the original legislative assembly of England, Scotland, or Ireland and successively of Great Britain and the United Kingdom; legislatures in some ... [47 related articles]
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9. Parliament
   Parliament, legislative assembly of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Over the centuries it has become more than a legislative body; it is the sovereign power of Great Britain, whereas the monarch remains sovereign in name only. Parliament consists, technically, of the monarc...
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10. Parliament
    Parliament is the supreme legislature of Great Britain. Parliament originated under the Norman kings as the Great Council of royal tenants-in- chief, to which in the 13th century, representatives of the shires were sometimes summoned. De Montfort's parliament of 1265 set a precedent by including rep...
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11. Parliament
    Parliament is the collective noun for a group of owls.
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12. parliament
    Legislative (law-making) body of a country. The world's oldest parliament is the Icelandic Althing, which dates from about 930. The UK Parliament is usually dated from 1265. The legislature of the USA is called Congress and comprises the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the UK Parliament is the supreme legislature, consisting of ...
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13. PARLIAMENT
    The group of people who rule the United Kingdom
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14. parliament
    the legislature of Great Britain made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
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15. Parliament
    Using joined-words "A_parliament" for narrow-screen; see: Talk:Parliament#Screen-size. --> A `parliament` is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the parlement-->, the action of parler (to speak): a parlement is a discussi...
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16. Parliament
    (cigarette) `Parliament` is a brand of cigarettes marketed by the company Philip Morris. The brand was introduced in 1931 and is distinctive for its recessed title=History of Philip Morris-->--> In the 1940s and `50s, the brand was marketed for its unique filters, with advertisements reading,...
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