parliament

== English == === Alternative forms === Parliament parlament (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English parlement, from Anglo-Norman parliament, parlement, parliment and Old French parlement (“discussion, meeting, negotiation; assembly, council”), from parler (“to speak”) + -ment (“-ment”, suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually indicating an action or state resulting from them) (from Latin -mentum). Compare Medieval Latin parlamentum, parliamentum (“discussion, meeting; council or court summoned by the monarch”), Italian parlamento and Sicilian parramentu. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːləmənt/, /ˈpɑːlɪmənt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹləmənt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɐːləmənt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾləmənt/ Hyphenation: par‧lia‧ment === Noun === parliament (countable and uncountable, plural parliaments) (now chiefly historical) A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues. [from 13th c.] 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. [from 14th c.] 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). [from 14th c.] (collective) A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls. [from 15th c.] Coordinate terms: flock, herd, school (historical) Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread. [from 19th c.] (UK) a length of time for which a parliament is summoned, in modern times therefore the period between two consecutive elections. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === parliament on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Palermitan == Middle English == === Noun === parliament alternative form of parlement