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member | parliamentary |

As a noun member

is member (person).

As an adjective parliamentary is

of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.

member

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).

Alternative forms

* membre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who officially belongs to a group.
  • A part of a whole.
    • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  • * 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
    • The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  • * Bible, Rom. xii. 4
    • We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
  • The penis.
  • (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  • (set theory) An element of a set.
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
  • (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  • (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
    • Synonyms
    * (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) element
    Derived terms
    * crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membership
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Etymology 2

    See remember.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remember.
  • (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
    • (Webster 1913) 1000 English basic words ----

    parliamentary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.
    • Britain is a parliamentary democracy
  • (British) A class of train (see )
  • *{{quote-book, year=1931, author=
    • , title=Death Walks in Eastrepps , chapter=1/1 citation , passage=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.}}