parliamentary

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective relating to or having the nature of a parliament
adjective having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament
adjective in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly

From parliament + -ary.

Leading members of the parliamentary Opposition had condemned it. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
His letters were as stiff as his parliamentary attitudes. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
In 1688 was granted the parliamentary bounty upon the exportation of corn. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

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