parliament
noun
[ ˈpɑːləm(ə)nt ]
• (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
• "the Secretary of State will lay proposals before Parliament"
• a group of rooks or owls.
• "it is uncommon to see a parliament of owls in the wild"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French parlement ‘speaking’, from the verb parler .
