as in legislature
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
the treaty was referred to the nation's parliament for ratification
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Recent Examples of parliament
The highlight of Leo's visit to Madrid will be his speech June 8 to both chambers of the Spanish parliament.
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ABC News, 6 June 2026
On Monday, Leo will become the first pope in history to address the Spanish parliament.
—Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 6 June 2026
In Greece, the openly neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn went from the lunatic fringe to more than a dozen seats in parliament.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
And Sonko was elected parliament’s speaker after being dismissed as prime minister, giving him huge power over the passing of legislation.
—Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
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ABC News, 6 June 2026
On Monday, Leo will become the first pope in history to address the Spanish parliament.
—Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 6 June 2026
In Greece, the openly neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn went from the lunatic fringe to more than a dozen seats in parliament.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
And Sonko was elected parliament’s speaker after being dismissed as prime minister, giving him huge power over the passing of legislation.
—Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parliament
Noun
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The Bears’ announcement Friday came about four months after the Indiana legislature passed a bill to aid the team in its move to Hammond.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Leo will find a legislature that is highly polarized, with the ruling Socialist Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hammered by a series of corruption scandals and far-right groups such as Vox harshly criticizing the Socialists’ migration policy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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The modern history of FIFA begins at dawn eleven years ago, when Swiss police officers entered the Baur au Lac, a luxurious nineteenth-century hotel in Zurich, and started arresting the organization’s delegates, who had gathered for an annual congress.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Parliament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliament. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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