parliamentˈary adjective

1. Relating to parliament
2. Enacted, enjoined, or done by parliament
3. According to the rules and practices of legislative bodies
4. (of language) civil, decorous
5. (in the Civil War) for Parliament against the Royalists

parliamenting /-mentˈing/ noun

1. Acting as a member of parliament
2. Debating

parliamentary agent noun

A person employed by private individuals or societies for drafting bills or managing business to be brought before parliament

parliamentary burgh see under burgh

parliamentary private secretary noun

A Member of Parliament acting as an aide to a government minister (abbrev PPS)

parliamentary train noun

A railway train which, by act of parliament (1844), ran daily with sufficient accommodation for passengers at a penny a mile

parˈliament-heel noun

A slight careening of a ship

parˈliament-hingeˈ noun

A hinge allowing a door to be laid back along the wall

parˈliament-house noun

A building where parliament sits or has sat

parˈliament-manˈ noun

1. A member of parliament
2. A parliamentarian

act of parliament

A statute that has passed through both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and received the formal royal assent

(Act of) Parliament clock

A type of wall clock (usu of mahogany, and with a large uncovered dial found esp in public houses) which became popular around 1797 in response to an act of parliament imposing a tax on all clocks and watches

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration see Ombudsman