Any of several parliaments of various countries.

(obsolete) parliamentary

plural of parliament

The group of people who make laws for a country.

The Sejm of the Republic of Poland. / (now possibly offensive, idiomatic) A deliberative body institutionally unable to reach a decision.

plural of stannary parliament

(Britain, rare) A legislative body, with royal charter, governing the tin miners of Devon and Cornwall during the middle ages.

plural of hung parliament

(Scotland, archaic) gingerbread in flat slices

The offence of obstructing a parliament in the carrying out of its functions, or of hindering any Member of Parliament in the performance of his or her duties.