parliamentary
Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.
Example
“Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.”
Other meanings
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.
Antonyms
- non-parliamentary
Related words
- antiparliamentary
- extraparliamentary
- interparliamentary
- parliamentarily
- parliamentariness
- parliamentarism
- preparliamentary
- parliamentary train
- parliamentary agent
- parliamentary burgh
- parliamentary monarchy
- parliamentary procedure
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “parliamentary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.