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parliamentary
[pahr-luh-men-tuh-ree, -tree, pahrl-yuh-]
adjective
of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
enacted or established by a parliament.
having a parliament.
of the nature of a parliament.
in accordance with the formal rules governing the methods of procedure, discussion, and debate in deliberative bodies and organized assemblies.
parliamentary order.
parliamentary
/ -trɪ, ˌpɑːləˈmɛntərɪ /
adjective
of or characteristic of a parliament or Parliament
proceeding from a parliament or Parliament
a parliamentary decree
conforming to or derived from the procedures of a parliament or Parliament
parliamentary conduct
having a parliament or Parliament
of or relating to Parliament or its supporters during the English Civil War
Other Word Forms
- parliamentarily adverb
- antiparliamentary adjective
- interparliamentary adjective
- nonparliamentary adjective
- preparliamentary adjective
- superparliamentary adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of parliamentary1
Example Sentences
Armed gunmen opened fire early Saturday on the office of an Iraqi parliamentary candidate south of Baghdad, wounding two bodyguards, a security source said.
This is not the first time the Tories have offered MPs of different political affiliations one of their spots on a parliamentary committee.
The ex-Soviet republic bordering Russia has been mired in political crisis since last October, when Georgian Dream claimed victory in parliamentary elections that the opposition decried as stolen.
MPs are demanding Stephen Parkinson give a "fuller explanation" of why charges against parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 30, and academic Christopher Berry, 33, were dropped last month.
Jeremy Buckingham, a New South Wales parliamentarian who has been supporting the Grimmer family, said he's prepared to use parliamentary privilege to name the man when state parliament resumes sitting on Thursday.
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