adj
noun
Freq #22473
Meanings
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1
adj
Relating to or made by a parliament.
Parliamentary procedures can be slow and complicated.
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2
adj
(of a system of government) Having power held by a cabinet of ministers drawn from and answerable to parliament.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy.
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3
adj
Following the rules and customs of a formal assembly.
The chairman insisted on strict parliamentary procedure during the debate.
Thesaurus
Opposites
non-parliamentarynonparliamentaryunparliamentary
Word family
Derived forms
antiparliamentaryextraparliamentaryinterparliamentaryparliamentarilyparliamentarinessparliamentarismpreparliamentarysemiparliamentary
Etymology
From parliament + -ary.