All 3 Uses of
parliament
in
Moby Dick
- —EDMUND BURKE'S REFERENCE IN PARLIAMENT TO THE NANTUCKET WHALE-FISHERY.†
Chpt Extr *parliament = legislative assembly that passes laws (existing in some countries)
- It seemed the great Black Parliament sitting in Tophet.†
Chpt 1-3
- And who pronounced our glowing eulogy in Parliament?†
Chpt 22-24
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) 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.