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Parliament is an English word with synonyms like legislature or legislative. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Parliament meaning

  1. A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
  2. In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
  3. A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).

Synonyms of Parliament

legislature legislative assembly legislative general assembly law-makers fantan sevens card game cards

Using Parliament

  • The main meaning on this page is: A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues. | In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature. | A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).
  • Useful related words include: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative, general assembly.
  • In the example corpus, parliament often appears in combinations such as: of parliament, the parliament, in parliament.

Example sentences (20)

Also, several MPs of the restored parliament said proposed laws on the population structure will have priority as soon as the parliament reconvenes, adding the laws would have been in effect if the parliament had not been dissolved.

The NDC Caucus in Parliament also condemns in the strongest terms the crude disregard for the appropriate procedure of how Members of Parliament are to be served with court documents through the Right Honourable Speaker of Parliament.

Article 118(1) of the 1992 Constitution provides that "Neither the Speaker, nor a member of, nor the Clerk to Parliament shall be compelled, while attending Parliament to appear as a witness in any court or place out of Parliament.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen after Britain's parliament voted on whether to hold an early general election, in Parliament in London, Britain, Sep 10, 2019, in this still image taken from Parliament TV footage.

I became a member, not just of the parliament, but I was now a leader in the parliament, a rallying point in the parliament.

The issue is that we are trying to understand the relevance of Parliament but you cannot talk about the relevance of Parliament without talking about the three pillars of the state and then say, what role does Parliament pay?

We were growing weekly in parliament as the other 2 parties shrank, johnson was wilting under the glare of a hung parliament and the libdem were doing the job we had been sent to do in that parliament.

Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi, Iraq’s President Barham Salih, Salim al-Jabouri, former speaker of the parliament and Hadi al-Amiri, member of the Iraqi Parliament, attend a parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 24, 2018.

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The Committee determined that the comments by Mr Agyapong was an affront to the dignity of Parliament and he was therefore guilty of contempt of Parliament in terms of Article 122 of the Constitution and Order 28 of the Standing Orders of the Parliament.

They also visited Parliament house and the museum inside the Parliament complex and witnessed the proceedings of Parliament session from visitor’s gallery.

To his opponents in Parliament this seemed like a prelude to arbitrary rule, so James prorogued Parliament without gaining Parliament's consent.

According to the committee, the release of the register “entrenched parliament’s commitment to building public trust and confidence in public representatives, thereby protecting and promoting parliament’s integrity”.

All these bills, bar two, have been passed by Parliament in November or early December, shortly before Parliament rose for the year.

A third piece of legislation that was approved would let parliament pass laws impervious to judicial review, with a simple majority of 61 members in Israel's 120-seat parliament, the Knesset.

Chairperson for the parliamentary press gallery, Cathy Maulidi commended Malawi Parliament and DI for organizing the training, saying: “Journalists have had a chance to understand some of the issues about Parliament that bothered them”.

Indeed, the European parliament only began to fill up about an hour and 20 minutes into his session, and about 90 minutes in, the parliament appears full.

Parliament’s privileges committee – the main disciplinary body for lawmakers – had the power to recommend Johnson be suspended from parliament.

People across Dungog have mixed opinions regarding the Federal Parliament's vote to confirm the Indigenous Voice to Parliament will go to a referendum.

Remember when he was treasurer of the ANC, he had to be pulled back from parliament because he was a member of parliament.

She was elected to Parliament in 2016 and was a convener of the Scottish Parliament’s cross-party group on Gaelic.

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Common combinations with parliament

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of parliament 88×
  • the parliament 55×
  • in parliament 39×
  • to parliament 15×
  • parliament in 15×
  • parliament and 15×
  • parliament to 14×
  • european parliament 14×
  • parliament for 13×
  • parliament was

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "parliament" in a sentence?
An example: "Also, several MPs of the restored parliament said proposed laws on the population structure will have priority as soon as the parliament reconvenes, adding the laws would have been in effect if the parliament had not been dissolved." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "parliament" from authentic English texts.
What does "parliament" mean?
Parliament means: A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
What are synonyms of "parliament"?
Common synonyms of "parliament" include: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative, general assembly, law-makers, fantan, sevens, card game. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "parliament" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "parliament", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.