parliament: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 14 letter points · starts with P · ends with T
Meaning of parliament
noun
- countable, uncountable
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
- countable, uncountable
A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).
Example: Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament.
- collective, countable, uncountable
A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
- UK, countable, uncountable
a length of time for which a parliament is summoned, in modern times therefore the period between two consecutive elections.
Example: This parliament has been more scandal-filled than any other in history.
Listed forms: parliaments, parlament.
Source: Wiktionary — parliament.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
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noun
a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
- fantan
- sevens
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is parliament in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of parliament
P(3) + A(1) + R(1) + L(1) + I(1) + A(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of parliament
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from parliament
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