parliament

noun

ˈpär-lə-mənt How to pronounce parliament (audio)
Definition of parliamentnext
as in legislature
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit the treaty was referred to the nation's parliament for ratification

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Recent Examples of parliament The changes merged Kazakhstan's parliament’s two chambers into one and gave the president the right to appoint key government officials with the approval of lawmakers, including restoring the ​post of vice president. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 Farage has led the populist right-wing Reform UK party since 2024, following his election to parliament in that year's general election. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 July 2026 On June 18, Cuba's leaders unveiled a plan, not yet ratified by its parliament, ​with more than 170 sweeping measures that would ​privatize a vast swath ⁠of its socialist economy − reforms Rodríguez Castro used his clout to push through. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026 The protests coincided with AfD's party conference and leadership elections during which the party, the second largest parliamentary group in Germany's Bundestag parliament, re-elected Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as the party co-leaders. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for parliament
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parliament
  1. legislature
  2. congress
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  • The June 7th parliamentary election was about far more than the composition of that country’s legislature.
    — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Nearby, the historic Walloomsac Inn, long-ago used by Vermont's pre-statehood legislature, is being reimagined by Litchfield, Connecticut, hospitality business Place in Mind.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Definition of legislature
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  • Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • The modern history of FIFA begins at dawn eleven years ago, when Swiss police officers entered the Baur au Lac, a luxurious nineteenth-century hotel in Zurich, and started arresting the organization’s delegates, who had gathered for an annual congress.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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“Parliament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliament. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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