parliamentary

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UK /ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ US /ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

adj 4noun 1

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ADJ.

central, outstanding, under

The government's new policy came under parliamentary scrutiny after the unexpected election results.

VERB + PARLIAMENTARY

carried, listen, upcoming

The government listened to parliamentary concerns before announcing the new policy.

PARLIAMENTARY + NOUN

activity, democracies, democracy, elections, immunity, mid-europe, monarchy, oversight

Parliamentary elections in several mid-Europe countries were held last spring.

PREP.

in, in, out, without

The government fell out parliamentary procedure when they tried to bypass the vote.

ADV.

almost, sometimes

The new legislation was almost parliamentary in its careful approach to balancing different interests.

Definitions

adj

Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.

Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.

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

The UK is a parliamentary democracy.

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.

The train was moving less fast through the summer night. The swift express had changed into something almost a parliamentary, had stopped three times since Norwich, and now, at long last, was approaching Banton.

noun

A parliamentary train.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of parliamentary, typically in reference to a specific parliament, usually that of England or the United Kingdom.

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Example Bank

Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.

Wiktionary

The UK is a parliamentary democracy.

Wiktionary

Did you listen to the parliamentary debate?

Tatoeba · #241402

Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

Tatoeba · #327554

Germany is a parliamentary republic.

Tatoeba · #394469

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