parliament

noun | \ ˈpär-lə-mənt, ˈpärl-yə- \ | par·lia·ment

1. 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

2. : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages