Word Meanings - PARLIAMENTARIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood.
Related words: (words related to PARLIAMENTARIAN)
- PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - PARLIAMENTARY
1. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon. 2. Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act. Sir M. Hale. 3. According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion. - PARLIAMENTAL
Parliamentary. - PARLIAMENT
1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. But first they held their parliament. Rom. of R. 2. A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws. - PARLIAMENTARILY
In a parliamentary manner. - PARLIAMENTARIAN
Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood. - UNPARLIAMENTARY
Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies. -- Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness, n. - APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach