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Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood.

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  • 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

 

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