All 13 Uses
parliament
in
A Man for All Seasons
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- ROPER I've been offered a seat in the next Parliament.†
Chpt 1 *parliament = legislative assembly that passes laws (existing in some countries)
- With your views on Church Reform I should have thought you could do yourself a lot of good in the next Parliament.†
Chpt 1
- (Returns to the book, approvingly) "Typically, this great effect was achieved not by bloodshed but by simple Act of Parliament†
Chpt 2
- CROMWELL Yet do you know that even now, if you could bring yourself to agree with the Universities, the Bishops, and the Parliament of this realm, there is no honor which the King would be likely to deny you?†
Chpt 2
- (MORE is still looking off) ROPER There's to be a new Act through Parliament, sir†
Chpt 2
- MORE The King in Parliament tells me that they are.†
Chpt 2
- RICH I said to him: "Supposing there was an Act of Parliament to say that I, Richard Rich, were to be King, would not you, Master More, take me for King?"†
Chpt 2
- How if there were an Act of Parliament to say that God should not be God?†
Chpt 2
- Parliament has made our King Head of the Church.†
Chpt 2
- RICH Then he said Parliament had no power to do it.†
Chpt 2
- RICH He said, "Parliament has not the competence."†
Chpt 2
- The indictment is grounded in an Act of Parliament which is directly repugnant to the Law of God.†
Chpt 2
- The King in Parliament cannot bestow the Supremacy of the Church because it is a Spiritual Supremacy!†
Chpt 2
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.