Prorogation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In astral., the exercise of the office of prorogator.
  • noun. The act of continuing, prolonging, or protracting; continuance in time or duration; a lengthening out to a distant time; prolongation; the delaying of action upon anything.
  • noun. The act of proroguing; more specifically, the right which belongs to the British crown, exercised by its ministers, of terminating a session of Parliament; also, the exercise of that right.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
  • noun. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The period between two sessions of a legislative body. When a legislature or parliament is prorogued, it is still constituted (that is, all members remain as members and a general election is not necessary), but all orders of the body (bills, motions, etc.) are expunged.
  • noun. The action of proroging an assembly.
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  • noun. discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
    • Word Usage
    "The right-wing pundistas tell us at length why the burgeoning Facebook group opposed to prorogation is irrelevant."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    discontinuance  discontinuation  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adjournment  ajnana  assemble  convene  deferral  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prolongation  
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