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🏛️ Legislative body ⚖️ French high court
parlement

parlement

1 9.9
An old spelling for a national group that makes laws and decisions
  • noun
  • Archaic
: parlamento
  • Historical documents often refer to the British legislature as the parlement.

Examples

  • The English parlement met to discuss the king's new laws.

  • Records show that the parlement held sessions to debate new laws for the kingdom.

  • In medieval France, the parlement played a key role in the administration of justice.

  • The parlement was disbanded during the revolution.

  • Many parlements across France had similar powers.

  • The medieval parlement in France had significant authority over legal matters.

  • During the 17th century, the English parlement influenced the monarchy's power.

Synonyms

house
vsparlement
  • Formal
∞ 7.2

An official group of elected people who make laws

is the whole legislative body rather than a single assembly
parliament
vsparlement
342 3.5

The group of people who make and pass a country's laws

is the older historical spelling for the same legislative body

Surface Forms

parlement singular
parlements plural

Etymology

Parlement is an old spelling of parliament and comes from old French parler 'to speak'. So a parlement originally meant a meeting where people 'speak' to make laws, which is why the word refers to a legislature.