What does "prorogue" mean?
Prorogue: To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster. Bp. Hall. The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. Macaulay. See Adjourn.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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