All 3 Uses of
parliament
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- To us the speaker in his parliament; To us the imagined voice of God himself; The very opener and intelligencer Between the grace, the sanctities of heaven And our dull workings.†
Scene 4.2 *
- Now call we our high court of parliament: And let us choose such limbs of noble counsel, That the great body of our state may go In equal rank with the best govern'd nation; That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and familiar to us; In which you, father, shall have foremost hand.†
Scene 5.2
- The king hath call'd his parliament, my lord.†
Scene 5.5
Definition:
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(parliament with a lowercase "p") a legislative assembly in certain countries (that can pass laws)