parliamentary English · revision 7121

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1604}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[parliament]] and [[-ary]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or relating to a parliament: 1604 in MWU, the 1610s in Etymonline;^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) 1616 in the OED for enacted by Parliament.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In accordance with the rules and usages of a legislature is an early sense.^(Etymonline) Of the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War it is from 1761,^(OED 1989) and of the Parliament of Paris from 1620.^(OED 1989) Slow and deliberate like Parliament's procedure is from 1835,^(OED 1989) and a ''parliamentary train'', which Parliament required to carry passengers at no more than a penny a mile, from 1845.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1604 – first use (MWU).^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1616 – established by Parliament.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1626 – of a parliament.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1845 – parliamentary train.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to, enacted by or having a [[parliament]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # In accordance with the rules of a parliament; suitable for use in parliament: ''parliamentary language''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[parliamentarily]]

+ * [[antiparliamentary]]

+ * [[interparliamentary]]

+ * [[preparliamentary]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parliament]]

+ * [[parley]]

+ * [[parlour]]

+ * [[parlance]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}