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Prorogation

noun
1.
Discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it.





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... propagated. Thus in the beginning the catastrophe was to take place after one moon, but Mesknan made a long journey for the purpose of interceding with the old tribal gods and succeeded in getting a prorogation of three moons. Toward the end of the three moons, Mesknan decided to wait for one more before putting into execution the fatal decree. And so things went on from moon to moon. Now the end would be postponed because Mesknan ...
— The Manbos of Mindano - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir • John M. Garvan


Words linked to "Prorogation" :   discontinuance, prorogue, discontinuation


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