n.
1) to convene, convoke (a) ~
2) to adjourn; disband, dissolve (a) ~
3) a bicameral; national; provincial; unicameral ~
4) a rump ~
5) a ~ adjourns; convenes, meets; disbands
6) a house of ~
7) in ~ (to sit in ~)
8) ( misc. ) to stand for ( BE ) ~; a member of ~ (in GB abbreviated as MP)
USAGE NOTE: In Great Britain, the Queen or King opens (a session of) Parliament. After the State Opening , Parliament is in session . Parliament sits until the session is over and then it rises .