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parliament

par·lia·ment

UK/ˈpɑːləmənt/ US/ˈpɑːlɪmənt/ fairly common uk

noun

1.

a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)

2.

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as their sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • act of parliament
  • contempt of Parliament
  • European Parliament
  • House of Parliament
  • hung parliament
  • majority parliament
  • member of parliament

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