Parliament

A parliament is a type of legislature.

The most famous parliament is probably the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is sometimes called the "Mother of all Parliaments".^[1] The word "parliament" comes from the French word parler, which means a talk.

The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was founded earlier (930 AD), so it is the oldest legislature in the world still existing. However, the Althing did not function as a legislature for four centuries, and its role as a primary legislature is modern.^[2][3]

1. ↑ Jones, Clyve 2012. A short history of Parliament: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland, p1; excerpt, "It is a commonly held misconception that the Westminster parliament is the 'mother of all parliaments' ... but the original phrase in 1865 was 'England is the mother or all parliaments'"
2. ↑ "Assemby abolished". althingi.is. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
3. ↑ "Revival of the Althingi". althingi.is. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.