| Main Entry: | parliament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislature |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, congress, council, court, diet, gathering, senate |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
Synonyms: |
assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union |
| Main Entry: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
Synonyms: |
assembly, board, body, brain trust, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, directorate, gang, gathering, governing body, groupthink, huddle, kitchen cabinet, meet, ministry, mob, official family, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow, ring, senate, synod |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws |
Synonyms: |
commons, congress, council, legislative body, legislature, parliament |
| Main Entry: | legislature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | governmental body, most often elected, that makes laws |
Synonyms: |
assembly, body, chamber, congress, council, diet, house, house of representatives, lawmakers, parliament, plenum, senate, voice of the people |
| Main Entry: | national assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | federal assembly |
Synonyms: |
assembly, chamber of deputies, congress, diet, general assembly, house of assembly, legislative assembly, parliament, soviet |
| Concept: | Council. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff., senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board., audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber., cabinet council, privy council; cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general., assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle; meeting, sitting, seance, conference, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house; quorum; council fire [N.Am.], powwow [U.S.], primary [U.S.]., senator; member, member of parliament, M.P.; councilor, representative of the people; assemblyman, congressman.
-adjectives
senatorial, curule; congressional, parliamentary.
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