Parliament vs Crossbenches - What's the difference?
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Meanings relating to a political body authorized to exercise governmental powers.
# An institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and usually to exercise legislative powers and sometimes judicial powers.
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# A group of representatives of the people elected or appointed to serve as a parliament (in sense 1 above)'' for a certain period of time. In this sense the word is commonly used with an ordinal number (for example, ''first parliament'' and ''12th parliament'') or a descriptive adjective (for example, ''(Long Parliament)'', ''(Short Parliament)'' and ''(Rump Parliament) ).
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A collective noun for a flock of owls or rooks.
(historical) Parliament cake; a type of gingerbread.
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The seats in either house of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition .
As a proper noun parliament
is any of several parliaments of various countries.As a noun crossbenches is
the seats in either house of the british parliament, or a similar assembly, used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition.parliament
English
(wikipedia parliament)Noun
(en noun)- Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament .
- A certain boy leaning up against me would not allow my elbow room, and struck me very sadly in the stomach part, though his own was full of my parliament .