Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Parliament, the meaning and synonyms like legislature or legislative.

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Parliament in a sentence

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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

Example sentences (20)

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

As it stands, Parliament is set to resume on Monday, meaning up to 338 Members of Parliament would gather in Ottawa.

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

Dicey says parliament is the legal sovereign – there is no body you can appeal to about what the law is beyond parliament.

He will prorogue Parliament, which would suspend Parliament and all of its committees until after the speech from the throne.

Scrymgour is the most experienced, having served in the NT parliament for 11 years before entering federal parliament in 2022.

If the government loses, parliament may be recalled immediately, but Mr Johnson could simply try to prorogue parliament again.

Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin also took to Facebook to say Mr Singh had applied leave from Parliament sitting for Mr Low.

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Struggle outside of parliament becomes subordinate to maintaining “our government” inside parliament.

Opposition Member of Parliament Niko Nawaikula (left) and Asseri Radrodro outside Parliament 2, 2020.

The German government held a minute of silence Wednesday in parliament for the Israeli victims of the Hamas attacks in parliament.

The speaker of Croatia’s parliament, Gordan Jandroković, said damage to the parliament building meant sessions would be postponed.

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

The call for careful selection of parliament members comes against the backdrop of the recent dissolution of the Kuwaiti parliament.

Mr Morris said: "As Parliament goes into its summer recess, it has been a whirlwind first few weeks as your new Member of Parliament.

Madam Essiam made the revelation during a public hearing of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday at Parliament House in Accra.

At the entrance to Parliament House, Kate Addo, Parliament’s director of communications, received Moro’s petition on behalf of the speaker.

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.

Being in Parliament since 1997, John Mahama told his associates he would not be seeking another term in Parliament in the 2008 parliamentary elections.

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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: "She was elected to Parliament in 2016 and was a convener of the Scottish Parliament’s cross-party group on Gaelic." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "parliament" from real 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 synonym.
How many example sentences with "parliament" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "parliament", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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