Knessetn.
/ˈknɛsɪt/ The parliament of the State of Israel. Also attributive.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in Israel
Knesset1949
1949 Jewish Chron. 11 Feb. 1/2 On Monday next Israel's newly elected Constituent Assembly, to be known as the Knesset Gedola, will hold its first meeting in Jerusalem.
1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 283 The General Election for the Knesset.
1959 New Statesman 14 Nov. 648/1 At the other political pole, the Communists slumped heavily, losing three of their six Knesset seats.
1972 Guardian 27 Mar. 4/4 Arab propagandists are wrong in claiming that a map hangs in the Knesset building showing the land from the Nile to the Euphrates.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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