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[ pahr-luh -men -tuh -ree, -tree or, sometimes , pahrl-yuh - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌpɑr ləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri or, sometimes , ˌpɑrl yə- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
enacted or established by a parliament.
having a parliament.
of the nature of a parliament.
in accordance with the formal rules governing the methods of procedure, discussion, and debate in deliberative bodies and organized assemblies: parliamentary order.
Origin of parliamentary First recorded in 1610–20; parliament + -ary
OTHER WORDS FROM parliamentary par·lia·men·ta·ri·ly, adverb an·ti·par·lia·men·ta·ry, adjective in·ter·par·lia·men·ta·ry, adjective non·par·lia·men·ta·ry, adjective
pre·par·lia·men·ta·ry, adjective su·per·par·lia·men·ta·ry, adjective
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Words nearby parliamentary parley, parleyvoo, parliament, parliamentarian, parliamentarianism, parliamentary , parliamentary agent, Parliamentary Commissioner, parliamentary government, parliamentary law, parliamentary private secretary
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Example sentences from the Web for parliamentary Jennie kept his parliamentary vestments for her son, apparently instilling in Winston the sense that he would be a leader.
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The Sunday Times of London has reported that it has given a U.K. parliamentary committee evidence of such a Russian gift.
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And if you look at Britain in comparison: it had a parliamentary system at that time.
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According to the Parliamentary committee on security and defense there are thousands of soldiers like al-Saadi.
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He laughed loud and cheerily as he left his parliamentary friends, and, putting himself into the train, went down to Boxall Hill.
Doctor Thorne | Anthony Trollope
The county has eight parliamentary divisions, each returning one member.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
These are often charitable and public-spirited, and active in municipal rather than in parliamentary life.
The Long White Cloud | William Pember Reeves
My parliamentary life was, as I have said, a brief one, but not without its triumphs.
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During his parliamentary career, in 1837, he was instrumental in passing the copyright act.
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British Dictionary definitions for parliamentary / (ˌpɑːləˈmɛntərɪ , -trɪ ) /
adjective (sometimes capital) of or characteristic of a parliament or Parliament
proceeding from a parliament or Parliament a parliamentary decree
conforming to or derived from the procedures of a parliament or Parliament parliamentary conduct
having a parliament or Parliament
of or relating to Parliament or its supporters during the English Civil War
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Words related to parliamentary senatorial, congressional, decreeing, enacting, jurisdictive, lawgiving, legislatorial, nomistic, nomothetic, ordaining, parliamentarian, synodical