parliamentary
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
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enacted or established by a parliament.
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having a parliament.
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of the nature of a parliament.
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in accordance with the formal rules governing the methods of procedure, discussion, and debate in deliberative bodies and organized assemblies.
parliamentary order.
adjective
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of or characteristic of a parliament or Parliament
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proceeding from a parliament or Parliament
a parliamentary decree
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conforming to or derived from the procedures of a parliament or Parliament
parliamentary conduct
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having a parliament or Parliament
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of or relating to Parliament or its supporters during the English Civil War
Other Word Forms
- antiparliamentary adjective
- interparliamentary adjective
- nonparliamentary adjective
- parliamentarily adverb
- preparliamentary adjective
- superparliamentary adjective
Etymology
Origin of parliamentary
First recorded in 1610–20; parliament + -ary
Example Sentences
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Labour suffered its first parliamentary defeat in the seat for 100 years at the October vote.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
In his parliamentary testimony, Ueda indicated that a steady policy normalization would ultimately help anchor the market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The government has said the tests would be introduced by the end of the current parliamentary term, in 2029.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
She handed out over a dozen parliamentary jobs to siblings, cousins, in-laws and even her ex-husband Gavidia, the assembly’s union said at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
On March 8 the committee was prepared to submit its report, thereby assuring that the controversy would not go away or get buried in some parliamentary graveyard.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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