# parliamentaries

Pronunciation: US say "pahr-luh-MEN-tuh-reez" /ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹiz/; say "pah-luh-MEN-tuh-reez" UK /ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹiz/, AUS /ˌpaːləˈment(ə)ɹiz/

## Noun

1. Plural of parliamentary. *(UK)* — plural of parliamentary
   - Simple: Plural of parliamentary, an old British train that by law cost a penny a mile.
   - _Poorer passengers crowded into the parliamentaries, the only trains they could afford._
   - _The company ran its parliamentaries once each way every day, as the law required._

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