Another word for legislature

legislature Synonyms

legislature

n.

lawmakers, congress, parliament, chamber, assembly, senate, house, house of representatives, council, soviet, plenum, law-making body, diet, voice of the people, duly constituted legislative body, bicameral legislature; see also authority 3, bureaucracy 1, government 1, 2.

Important legislatures include: Congress of the United States, Parliament of Great Britain, National Assembly of France, Supreme Soviet and Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation, United Nations Assembly, Riksdag of Sweden, Congresso Nacional of Brazil, National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Parliament of Canada, Federal Parliament of Australia, Parliament of the Union of South Africa, Oireachtas of Ireland, Knesset of Israel, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Congreso Nacional of Argentina, Eduskunta of Finland, Congreso of Mexico, Nationalrat of Switzerland, House of Representatives of New Zealand, Congreso Nacional of Chile, National Assembly of Cuba, Diet of Japan, Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea.

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