Parliament

The British Houses of Parliament, London

A parliament is a type of legislature.

The most famous parliament is probably the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is sometimes called the "Mother of all Parliaments".[1] The word "parliament" comes from the French word parler, which means a talk.

The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was founded earlier (930 AD), so it is the oldest legislature in the world still existing. However, the Althing did not function as a legislature for four centuries, and its role as a primary legislature is modern.[2][3]

  1. Jones, Clyve 2012. A short history of Parliament: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland, p1; excerpt, "It is a commonly held misconception that the Westminster parliament is the 'mother of all parliaments' ... but the original phrase in 1865 was 'England is the mother or all parliaments'"
  2. "Assemby abolished". althingi.is. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  3. "Revival of the Althingi". althingi.is. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

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