parliamentary
IPA: pɑrɫʌmˈɛntɝi
noun
- (UK, historical) A parliamentary train.
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.
- (Britain, historical, railways) 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.
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Examples of "parliamentary" in Sentences
- The town is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
- The next day was the last day of the parliamentary session.
- He became the coordinator of the parliamentary faction of PPS.
- He was intoxicated and hanged himself in the parliamentary hall.
- The Parliamentary history of the county began in the 13th century.
- Parliamentary Sovereignty is the bedrock of the Westminster Tradition.
- He then became the chairman of the parliamentary faction of the party.
- The parliamentary body is the main legislative organ of the government.
- The party was soon recognized as the parliamentary wing of the Congress.
- The viability of the constitution dominated the 1923 parliamentary elections.
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