national assembly

NOUN

federal assembly

Synonyms

WEAK

assembly chamber of deputies congress diet general assembly house of assembly legislative assembly parliament soviet

Example Sentences

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But it was their latest event, hosted inside the chamber where the Church of England had only the week before held its national assembly, General Synod, which caused the biggest stir.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

More than eight million people are registered to vote for members of the national assembly, where lawmakers from the ruling party currently hold a majority.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The national assembly, where his party holds a more than two-thirds majority, is expected to approve the mini-budget on Friday.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

He had feared a national assembly, as Mr. Hardman notes, “because he would have no moral authority to restrain one.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela