Parliamentary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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