Noun

(en noun)

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) ).

Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth 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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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 .

Noun

(wikipedia municipality) (municipalities)

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

The governing body of such a district.

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