Search Result for "interpellation":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy;
2. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts;
[syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interpellation \In`ter*pel*la"tion\, n. [L. interpellatio: cf. F. interpellation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption. "Continual interpellations." --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of interposing or interceding; intercession. [1913 Webster] Accepted by his interpellation and intercession. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate. [1913 Webster] 4. A official summons or citation. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
