Meanings
nounlegislature (plural legislatures)
plural legislatures
- A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
state legislature
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bicameral legislature
colonial legislature
members of the legislature
The state legislature passed a new education bill.
Members of the legislature debated late into the night.
- CanadaThe legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
- CanadaA legislative building.
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nounpersons who make or amend or repeal laws
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian законодателна власт
- законодателна власт (zakonodatelna vlast)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Chinese Mandarin 立法機關 /立法机关
- 立法機關 /立法机关 (lìfǎ jīguān)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Czech zákonodárný sbor, legislatura
- zákonodárný sborgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- legislaturagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- zákonodárná mocgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Danish lovgivende forsamling
- lovgivende forsamlinggovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Dutch wetgevende macht
- wetgevende machtgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Finnish lainsäädäntöelin
- lainsäädäntöelingovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
French corps législatif, assemblée législative
- corps législatifgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- assemblée législativegovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
German Legislative, gesetzgebende Gewalt
- Legislativegovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- gesetzgebende Gewaltgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Greek νομοθετικό σώμα
- νομοθετικό σώμα (nomothetikó sóma)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Hungarian törvényhozó testület, törvényhozás
- törvényhozó testületgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- törvényhozásgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Indonesian legislatur
- legislaturgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Japanese 立法府
- 立法府 (rippofu)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Korean 입법부, 립법부
- 입법부 (ipbeopbu)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- 립법부 (ripbeopbu)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Māori rūnanga hanga ture
- rūnanga hanga turegovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Persian مجلس, پارلمان
- مجلسgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- پارلمانgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Polish legislatura, legislatywa
- legislaturagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- legislatywagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- władza ustawodawczagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Portuguese legislatura
- legislaturagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Romanian corp legislativ
- corp legislativgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Russian законода́тельная власть, законода́тельный о́рган
- законода́тельная власть (zakonodátelʹnaja vlastʹ)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- законода́тельный о́рган (zakonodátelʹnyj órgan)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- заксобра́ние (zaksobránije)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Slovak zákonodarná moc, legislatúra
- zákonodarná mocgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- legislatúragovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Spanish legislatura
- legislaturagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Swedish lagstiftande församling, legislatur
- lagstiftande församlinggovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- legislaturgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Tagalog batasan
- batasangovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Tamil சட்டமன்றம்
- சட்டமன்றம் (caṭṭamaṉṟam)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Thai สภานิติบัญญัติ
- สภานิติบัญญัติ (sà-paa-ní-dtì-ban-yàt)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Ukrainian законода́вча вла́да
- законода́вча вла́да (zakonodávča vláda)governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Vietnamese cơ quan lập pháp
- cơ quan lập phápgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Welsh deddfwrfa, deddfwrfeydd
- deddfwrfagovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- deddfwrfeyddgovernmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
Cite this entry
APA
legislature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legislature
MLA
“legislature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legislature. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legislature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legislature.
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