Definition of "parliamentary" []

• Of, relating to, or resembling a parliament. (adjective)
• Enacted or decreed by a parliament. (adjective)
• Being in accord with the rules and customs of a parliament. (adjective)
• Having a parliament. (adjective)
• Characterized by an executive branch consisting of cabinet ministers selected from and responsible to the parliament: parliamentary government. (adjective)

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• "The term parliamentary tactic is employed on the assumption that it is common cause amongst socialists that participation in bourgeois parliaments is viewed as a tactical question and not one of principle."
• "Herman Goering: I consider the Leadership Principle necessary because the system which previously existed, and which we called parliamentary or democratic, had brought Germany to the verge of ruin."
• "CARACAS — Venezuelans lined up early Sunday to cast votes in parliamentary elections seen as a test of President Hugo Ch á vez's ability to exert extensive control over the oil-rich nation amid renewed efforts by opposition parties to challenge the anti-U.S. leader."