transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpär-lə-mənt also ]
ˈpärl-yə- noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parlement, from parler
Date: 13th century
1. : a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs ; specifically : a council of state in early medieval England
2.
a. : an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom
b. : a similar assemblage in another nation or state
3.
a. : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages
b. : the British House of Commons
4. : one of several principal courts of justice existing in France before the Revolution of 1789