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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUMP PARLIAMENT

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Rump Parliament is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RUMP PARLIAMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rump Parliament

The Rump Parliament is the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason. "Rump" normally means the hind end of an animal; its use meaning "remnant" was first recorded in the above context. Since 1649, the term "rump parliament" has been used to refer to any parliament left over from the actual legitimate parliament.

Definition of Rump Parliament in the English dictionary

The definition of Rump Parliament in the dictionary is the remainder of the Long Parliament after Pride's Purge. It sat from 1648–53.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUMP PARLIAMENT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RUMP PARLIAMENT

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Synonyms and antonyms of Rump Parliament in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Rump Parliament» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUMP PARLIAMENT

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The translations of Rump Parliament from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Rump Parliament» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

臀部议会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Parlamento Rump
570 millions of speakers

English

Rump Parliament
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुम संसद
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الردف البرلمان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Крестец парламент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rump Parlamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাম সংসদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Parlement croupion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rump Parlimen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rumpfparlament
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

尻議会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허리 의회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rump Parlemen
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mông Quốc hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாராளுமன்றத்தை சீரமைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दलाल संसद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paramparça Parlementosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Parlamento Rump
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zad Parlament
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крижі парламент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Parlamentul Târtiță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αδιάθετες Κοινοβούλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kruis Parlement
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Rump parlamentet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rump Parliament
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Rump Parliament

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUMP PARLIAMENT»

The term «Rump Parliament» is used very little and occupies the 157.695 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Rump Parliament

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUMP PARLIAMENT»

Discover the use of Rump Parliament in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Rump Parliament and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rump Parliament 1648-53
This novel and challenging interpretation of the most dramatic phase of the English Revolution will interest all specialists in seventeenth-century political and constitutional history.
Blair Worden, 1977
2
Rump Parliament
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
3
The A to Z of the Puritans
Protectorate Parliament. Succeeding the Barebones Parliament of 1653 and preceding the recall of the Rump Parliament in 1659, three additional sessions of Parliament met during the years of the Protectorate. Oliver Cromwell called the first ...
Charles Pastoor, Galen K. Johnson, 2009
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A Collection of Loyal Songs Written Against the Rump ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Anonymous, 2011
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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing ...
A Collection of Loyal Songs written against the Rump Parliament, 1639 61, with an historical Introduction. Lond. 1731, 12mo. 2 vols\ Sir M.M. Sykes, pt. ii. 393, 16s. Nassau, pt. i. 740, 18s. Bibl. Anglo-Poet. 429, 11. 18s. Roxburghe, 3222, 17b.
William Thomas Lowndes, 1863
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Waverley Novels
This seemed to arrive, when the army under Lambert again thrust the Rump Parliament out of doors, and commenced a new military government, by means of,a committee of officers, called the Council of Safety. Monk then threw aside the  ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1834
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Inventing a Republic: The Political Culture of the English ...
It takes issue with a conventional wisdom which depicts the Rump Parliament as a feckless, shallow and unconvincing expedient, committed to little more than blindly obstructing the goals of progressive reformers. It re-examines the republican ...
Sean Kelsey, 1997
8
Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
(It was disbanded in 1653, recalled in 1659, and disbanded again in 1660; and that was the end of the Rump Parliament.) ATWS; FLC; SA; WNWCD. RUMP PARLIAMENT See Rump. RUN-OF-THE-MILL See Through the Mill. RUSK See ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
9
Atlas of the English Civil War
This atlas consists of over fifty maps which set out clearly all the major, and many of the minor campaigns and battles of the war. It also includes detailed explanatories and helpful background information.
P.R Newman, 2005
10
Why Was Charles I Executed?
... their very similar analysis of the deficiencies of the Rump. They rejoiced at his scattering of such hypocrites, whose rule had been marked by 'sad oppressions' and 'insufferable grievances' to the Why Was the Rump Parliament Dissolved?
Clive Holmes, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUMP PARLIAMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Rump Parliament is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Day in Jewish History: Hungary frees the Jews, for two weeks
The assembly that passed the emancipation law was a rump parliament comprised mainly of radical deputies, who were more than ready to make a gesture of ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
Ukraine: One Year after the Coup
Shortly thereafter a rump Parliament voted for Yanukovych's impeachment, and set ... In the days that followed, the Parliament would vote to ban Russian as a ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Feb 15»
3
Memorable speeches from 750 years of Parliament
Following the establishment of a republic after the English Civil War, tensions remained between the Army and Parliament. The so-called Rump Parliament sat ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
4
Libya's exiled government is living inside a car ferry
Like the Allies, Libya's parliament-in-exile is somewhat under siege — so much so ... refuge in Tobruk and a rump parliament dominated by Islamists in Tripoli. «Washington Post, Sep 14»
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Crisis in Ukraine: A case study in mismanagement
The consequences were similar to those in England when Oliver Cromwell told the Rump Parliament: “In the name of God, go!” Whatever the democratic ... «RT, Aug 14»
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WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
Mute the rhetoric, though, and it's hard not to notice that last month, a violent mob and rump parliament ousted the elected Ukrainian president in another ... «WND.com, Mar 14»
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NATO Coup in Ukraine. “Wag the Dog” Military Deployment in a …
This new regime, coming into being through unconstitutional methods — by fiat of the new rump parliament alone backed by legions of violent right-wing rioters ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Mar 14»
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Color Revolution in Ukraine: America's Post-Soviet New World Order
In the latest color revolution, it was not an army but a rump parliament that pulled .... In Ukraine, it was by the parliament (Ukraine doesn't have much of an army). «Center for Research on Globalization, Mar 14»
9
The Crisis in Ukraine
The captive Ukrainian parliament has introduced measures to ban any official use ... how does selection by a rump parliament convey legitimacy to Turchinov? «CounterPunch, Feb 14»
10
A life in writing: Blair Worden
His first book, The Rump Parliament - the "rump" was the remnant of the House of Commons after the New Model Army had purged it of more moderate ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»

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