session of parliament
1Parliament of the United Kingdom — of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Type Type Bicameral …
2Session — Ses sion, n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See {Sit}.] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.… …
3Parliament of Finland — Infobox Parliament name = Suomen Eduskunta Finlands Riksdag coa pic = Eduskunta.jpg session room = ViewOfficeParliamentFinland.jpg house type = Unicameral parliament leader1 type = Speaker of the Parliament of Finland leader1 = Sauli Niinistö… …
4parliament — n. 1) to convene, convoke (a) parliament 2) to adjourn; disband, dissolve (a) parliament 3) a bicameral; national; provincial; unicameral parliament 4) a rump parliament 5) a parliament adjourns; convenes, meets; disbands 6) a house of parliament …
5Parliament Acts — The Parliament Acts are two Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1911 and 1949, that form part of the Constitution of the United Kingdom. [An earlier Act of the Convention Parliament in 1660, entitled An Act for removing and… …
6parliament — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ current, present ▪ new ▪ outgoing ▪ bicameral, unicameral ▪ elected …
7session — 01. The English Language Program at the university has three [sessions] a year, each one three months long. 02. She works as a [sessional] instructor in the Biology department at UBC. 03. This [session] of Parliament will begin on September 2nd.… …
8session — [[t]se̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ sessions 1) N COUNT: also in N A session is a meeting of a court, parliament, or other official group. ...an emergency session of parliament... After two late night sessions, the Security Council has failed to reach agreement …
9parliament — /pahr leuh meuhnt/ or, sometimes, /pahrl yeuh /, n. 1. (usually cap.) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and… …
10parliament */*/*/ — UK [ˈpɑː(r)ləmənt] / US [ˈpɑrləmənt] noun Word forms parliament : singular parliament plural parliaments 1) a) [countable] an official elected group of people in some countries who meet to make the laws of the country and discuss national issues… …
