单词 | sub-parliament |
释义 | > as lemmassub-parliament sub-parliament n. Brit. /ˌsʌbˈpɑːlᵻmənt/ , U.S. /ˌsəbˈpɑrləmənt/ ΚΠ 1844 Times 14 Nov. 4/1 A grave and elaborate scheme for resolving the united kingdom into its component parts, with a view to reorganize thereupon an unwieldy and complicated machinery of Parliaments and sub-Parliaments. 1915 A. J. Toynbee Nationality & War viii. 323 This homogenous national state will finally achieve devolution, not through..unsymmetrical, nationalistic sub-parliaments, but through strongly developed county councils. 2007 C. Turpin & A. Tomkins Brit. Govt. & Constit. iv. 202 A Scottish Grand Committee..resembled a sub-Parliament for Scotland within the House. < as lemmas |
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