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Noun: parliament  paa(r)-lu-munt
  1. A legislative assembly in certain countries
    "The British Parliament debated the proposed law late into the night"
     
  2. A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
    "They played parliament until midnight";
    - fan-tan, sevens

Derived forms: parliaments

Type of: card game, cards, general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature

Encyclopedia: Parliament, Norway