parliamentary

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
parliamentary
    adj 1: relating to or having the nature of a parliament;
           "parliamentary reform"; "a parliamentary body"
    2: having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of
       cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the
       legislature or parliament; "parliamentary government"
    3: in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or
       deliberative assembly; "parliamentary law"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Parliamentary \Par`lia*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. parlementaire.]
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   1. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary
      authority. --Bacon.
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   2. Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.
      --Sir M. Hale.
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   3. According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of
      deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion;
      parliamentary order; parliamentary procedure.
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   {Parliamentary agent}, a person, usually a solicitor,
      professionally employed by private parties to explain and
      recommend claims, bills, etc., under consideration of
      Parliament. [Eng.]

   {Parliamentary train}, one of the trains which, by act of
      Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the
      conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate.
      [Eng.]
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "parliamentary":
      absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
      bicameral, bureaucratic, civic, civil, conforming, conformist,
      congressional, constitutional, deliberative, democratic, despotic,
      dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, formal,
      governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, lawmaking, legislative,
      legislatorial, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial,
      monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, ordered,
      orderly, parliamentarian, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic,
      political, procedural, republican, self-governing, senatorial,
      theocratic, totalitarian, unicameral

    

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