legislature

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/
• Hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧ture

Noun

legislature (plural legislatures)

1. A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:legislature

   1. (Canada) The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
2. (Canada) A legislative building.

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Translations

References

• “legislature”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “legislature”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Noun

legislature f

1. plural of legislatura