- Dictionary
- P
- Parliament
- Related Words
Words related to parliament
par·lia·ment
P p -
parliamentarian
a person who is expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative assemblies and other formal organizations. -
act of parliament clock
a pendulum wall clock of the late 18th century, usually having a black dial with gilt numbers: originally installed in English taverns because a burdensome tax prevented many homes from having private clocks. -
long parliament
the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660. -
-
reichsrat
German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. -
rump parliament
the remnant of the Long Parliament established by the expulsion of the Presbyterian members in 1648, dismissed by force in 1653, and restored briefly in 1659–60.