Plural of parliament

Forms of parliament

Parliaments in a sentence

• Similar to members of parliaments, members of Congress are civil servants.From the entry member of parliament
• Fewer Saxon and Bavarian cities attempted to implement mandatory stunning laws, but their state parliaments debated the possibility of creating statewide bans on kosher butchering.2007, Robin Judd, Contested Rituals, Cornell University Press,, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry statewide
• The RSPB says this could leave other areas such as wildlife conservation, air quality and water pollution forced to manage cuts of up to 80% over the two parliaments.2015 November 11, Emma Howard, “Defra hit by largest budget cuts of any UK government department, analysis shows”, in The Guardian. From the entry RSPB
• It led to an explosion of coalitionology, debating hung parliaments, possible coalitions, constitutional process and the 'legitimacy' of various outcomes, as everyone prepared for post-election deals.2015 December 16, Philip Cowley, Dennis Kavanagh, The British General Election of 2015, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 297. From the entry coalitionology
• This seems to be a robust definition comprising the unicameral parliaments, the lower chambers of the bicameral parliaments and the senates with censure powers in the EU Member States.2006, Philipp Kiiver, The National Parliaments in the European Union: A Critical View on EU Constitution-building, The Hague: Kluwer Law…. From the entry unicameral

Meaning of parliament

1. noun A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
2. noun In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
3. noun A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).

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Questions about the plural of parliament

What is the plural of parliament?

The plural of parliament is parliaments.

Is parliament countable?

Parliament is a countable and uncountable noun.