Storting
or Stor·thing
[ stawr-ting, stohr- ]
noun
the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting, or Lagthing ), comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting, or Odelsthing ), comprising the rest.
Origin of Storting
1Words Nearby Storting
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How to use Storting in a sentence
Petter's father was deputy to the Storting, and had taken to sitting reading the papers of an evening.
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British Dictionary definitions for Storting
Storting
Storthing
/ (ˈstɔːtɪŋ) /
Origin of Storting
1C19: Norwegian, from stor great + thing assembly
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