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- English Word Parliamentarian Definition One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.
- English Word Parliamentarian Definition One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.
- English Word Parliamentarily Definition In a parliamentary manner.
- English Word Parliamentary Definition Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.
- English Word Parliamentary Definition Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.
- English Word Parliamentary Definition According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion.
- English Word Parlor Definition A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.
- English Word Parlor Definition The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
- English Word Parlor Definition In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
- English Word Parlor Definition Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
- English Word Parlous Definition Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
- English Word Parlous Definition Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
- English Word Parmesan Definition Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.
- English Word Parnassia Definition A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
- English Word Parnassian Definition Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
- English Word Parnassian Definition Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
- English Word Parnassus Definition A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
- English Word Paroccipital Definition Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
- English Word Parochial Definition Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.
- English Word Parochialism Definition The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.