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parliament noun

  /ˈpɐːləmənt/ , /ˈpɑ(r)lɪ(jə)məɳʈ/ , /ˈpɑɹləmənt/ , /ˈpɑːləmənt/ , /ˈpɑːlɪəmənt/
  • 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. [from 14th c.]
  • 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). [from 14th c.]
 parlamentti, eduskunta, valtiopäivät
Member of Parliament
kansanedustaja
act of parliament
laki
European Parliament
Euroopan parlamentti, europarlamentti
hung parliament
enemmistötön parlamentti, hung-parlamentti
Polish parliament
jahkaileva elin
Parliament House
eduskuntatalo, parlamenttitalo, valtiopäivätalo
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