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