Thesaurus: prorogation

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1. n. The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
2. n. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
3. n. discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
4. 1. The act of counting in duration; prolongation. [Obs.] South. 2. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign. [Eng.] Note: After an adjournment all things continue as they were at the adjournment; whereas, after a prorogation, bill introduced and nut passed are as if they had never been begun at all. Mozley & W.
5. n. discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it