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A parleying; a discussion; a conference. [Obs.] But first they held their parliament. Rom. of R.

Parliamentary. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood.

In a parliamentary manner.

Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon.

Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies. -- Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness, n.

Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. I am . . . necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. Fuller.

cil, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

tain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson.

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n., 8.

g struggle. -- Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. -- The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.

meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. Dryden. The Parliament assembled in November. W. Massey.

assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend. "Parliament would be backed by the people." Macaulay. Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments. South. The mate backed the captain manfully. Blackw. Mag.

by way of abatement or deduction. To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament. South.

ance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States. -- Bill of sale, a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods…

A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. [Eng.]

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.…