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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