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par·lia·ment  audio  (pärl-mnt) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the state.
  2. Parliament The national legislature of various countries, especially that of the United Kingdom, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, a meeting about national concerns, from Old French parlement, from parler, to talk ; see parley


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