legislative body
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
noun
Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a substate administrative level.
Example Sentences
- "Under unicameral constitutions the legislative bodies are single assemblies, in the bicameral Westminster model the legislative body is a parliament comprising two houses or chambers"