parliament

Main Entry:: par·lia·ment
Pronunciation:: \ˈpär-lə-mənt also ˈpärl-yə-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French parlement, from parler
Date:: 13th century

1: a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs ; specifically : a council of state in early medieval England2 a: an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b: a similar assemblage in another nation or state3 a: the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages b: the British House of Commons4: one of several principal courts of justice existing in France before the Revolution of 1789

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