parliamentary: meaning and words from its letters
13 letters · 20 letter points · starts with P · ends with Y
Meaning of parliamentary
adj
- not-comparable
Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.
Example: Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.
- not-comparable
Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
Example: The UK is a parliamentary democracy.
- UK, historical, not-comparable
Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.
Source: Wiktionary — parliamentary.
noun
- UK, historical
A parliamentary train.
Listed forms: parliamentaries.
Source: Wiktionary — parliamentary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is parliamentary in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of parliamentary
P(3) + A(1) + R(1) + L(1) + I(1) + A(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 20 points.
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Anagrams of parliamentary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from parliamentary
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