Parliamentary

noun

/ˌpɑːləˈmentəɹi/

Word Frequency: 12.2

Definitions

1.nounA parliamentary train.

2.adjectiveOf, relating to, or enacted by a parliament

"Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow."

3.adjectiveHaving the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.

"Britain is a parliamentary democracy."

4.adjectiveOf a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.

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