Added 8 October 2026
parliamentary
/ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ adjective
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Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.
Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.
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Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy.
- Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.