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say it: pahr-luh-MEN-tur-ee
parliamentary is an adjective meaning "relating to or having the nature of a parliament". It carries 3 recorded senses.
relating to or having the nature of a parliament
“parliamentary reform”
“a parliamentary body”
having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament
“parliamentary government”
in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly
“parliamentary law”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for parliamentary come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.