Both Uses of
parliament
in
Great Expectations
- The king upon his throne, with his crown upon his ed, can't sit and write his acts of Parliament in print, without having begun, when he were a unpromoted Prince, with the alphabet.†
Chpt 9 *parliament = legislative assembly that passes laws (existing in some countries)
- There was a bookcase in the room; I saw from the backs of the books, that they were about evidence, criminal law, criminal biography, trials, acts of Parliament, and such things.†
Chpt 26
Definitions:
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(1)
(parliament with a lowercase "p") a legislative assembly in certain countries (that can pass laws)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) As a proper noun, you need to look at the context to determine the parliament to which Parliament is referring. For example, it could be the British Parliament, the European Union Parliament, the French Parliament, etc.