Mother of Parliaments
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Mother of Parliaments
C19: first used of England in 1865 by John Bright (1811–89), British Liberal statesman
Example Sentences
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Nor are stable and effective minority governments unknown in Commonwealth countries that can trace their parliamentary and governance systems back to "the Mother of Parliaments" in Westminster.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2015
This reverence for heritage is amplified by that often mis-applied phrase, The Mother of Parliaments.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2015
As Churchill served notice that he intended to propose a vote of censure this week, the Mother of Parliaments was not exactly furnishing to younger democracies an example of deliberative calm.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new nation is being brought to birth by the Mother of Parliaments herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hardly did they know whether it would not be deformed if it survived: whether this was the Promised, or another child yet to be conceived in the womb of the Mother of Parliaments.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William
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