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As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun parliament is

any of several parliaments of various countries.

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Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

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    parliament

    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 .

    Derived terms

    * hung parliament * Member of Parliament * majority parliament * minority parliament * parliamental * parliamentarian * parliamentary * Polish parliament