Both Uses of
parliament
in
War and Peace
- With the present complex forms of political and social life in Europe can any event that is not prescribed, decreed, or ordered by monarchs, ministers, parliaments, or newspapers be imagined?†
Chpt 15 *parliaments = legislative assemblies that pass laws (existing in some countries)
- It naturally seemed to members of the English Parliament that the cause of the war was Napoleon's ambition;†
Chpt 9
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.