parliament
/ˈpɑːləmənt/
Parlament
- Plural
- parliaments
Bedeutungen
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Parlament
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature
They had the majority in Parliament.
Sie hatten die Mehrheit im Parlament.
Tatoeba · Joseph · CC BY 2.0 FR
He was elected a member of parliament.
Er wurde als Abgeordneter zum Parlament gewählt.
Tatoeba · BraveSentry · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Parlament
A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues
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Parlament
A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament)
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Parlament
A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owlsselten
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Parlament
Parliament cake, a type of gingerbreadselten
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Parlament
a length of time for which a parliament is summoned, in modern times therefore the period between two consecutive electionsselten