英语词汇“parliament-hinges”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

parliament-hinges

释义

parliament /pärˈlə-mənt/

noun

An assemblage of the political representatives of a nation, often forming the supreme legislative body
(in France until the Revolution) one of certain superior and final courts of judicature, in which also the edicts of the king were registered before becoming law
A meeting for deliberation
Gingerbread in the form of rectangular biscuits (also parˈliament-cake or (Scot) parˈley or parˈly)
A little-used term for a group of owls

ORIGIN: Fr parlement, from parler to speak

parliamentāˈrian noun

An adherent of Parliament in opposition to Charles I
A person who is skilled in the ways of parliament

adjective (historical)

On the side of parliament during the English Civil War

parliamentaˈrianism or parliamentˈarism noun

The principles of parliamentary government
The parliamentary system

parliamentarily /-mentˈər-i-li/ adverb

parliamentˈary adjective

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

parliamenting /-mentˈing/ noun

Acting as a member of parliament
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

A member of parliament
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

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