English Explanatory Dictionary

Polish parliament

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland.
  2. A deliberative but indecisive institution.

Pronunciation

En-au-Polish parliament.ogg

Word forms

Polish parliament Polish parliaments

Etymology

The idiomatic sense is derived from early rules of the Sejm that gave each nobleman who was a member a veto.

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