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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. relating to or having the nature of a parliament;
- Example: "parliamentary reform"
- Example: "a parliamentary body"

2. having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament;
- Example: "parliamentary government"

3. in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly;
- Example: "parliamentary law"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parliamentary \Par`lia*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. parlementaire.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 3. According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion; parliamentary order; parliamentary procedure. [1913 Webster +PJC] Parliamentary agent, a person, usually a solicitor, professionally employed by private parties to explain and recommend claims, bills, etc., under consideration of Parliament. [Eng.] Parliamentary train, one of the trains which, by act of Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parliamentary adj 1: relating to or having the nature of a parliament; "parliamentary reform"; "a parliamentary body" 2: having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament; "parliamentary government" 3: in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly; "parliamentary law"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "parliamentary": absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bicameral, bureaucratic, civic, civil, conforming, conformist, congressional, constitutional, deliberative, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, formal, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, lawmaking, legislative, legislatorial, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, ordered, orderly, parliamentarian, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, procedural, republican, self-governing, senatorial, theocratic, totalitarian, unicameral