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Meaning of parliamentary

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

parliamentary

Pronunciation:/ˌpɑːləˈmentəɹi//ˌpɑːɹləˈmentəɹi/

noun

Definitions

  1. A parliamentary train.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament

    Example: Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.

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

    Example: Britain is a parliamentary democracy.

  3. Of 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.