English Online Dictionary. What means legislature? What does legislature mean?
English
Etymology
1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt͡ʃɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪslət͡ʃə/
Noun
legislature (plural legislatures)
- A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:legislature
- (Canada) The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
- (Canada) A legislative building.
Derived terms
- bicameral legislature
Translations
References
- “legislature”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “legislature” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Italian
Noun
legislature f
- plural of legislatura