prorogued
Parliament sent home
Prorogued is the past tense of prorogue, meaning to discontinue a legislative session without dissolving the body.
When parliament is prorogued, it suspends business until reconvened by the head of state: The queen prorogued parliament amid the Brexit crisis.
The term appears mainly in Commonwealth countries with parliamentary systems.
National legislative assembly
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- governor-generalMonarch's appointed representative
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
proclamation · constitutional · monarch · recess · summons · debate · bill · cabinet
Suspended proceedings temporarily
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
- discontinuedNo longer available
- haltedCame to rest
- interruptedBroken mid-course
recessed · terminated · ceased · ended · closed · disbanded · stopped · concluded
Provisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- hiatusBreak in activity
- interregnumRulership gap period
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
respite · reprieve · moratorium · continuance · short-term · transient · impermanent · stopgap
parliament
National legislative assembly
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- governor-generalMonarch's appointed representative
legislature · proclamation · constitutional · monarch · recess · summons · debate · bill · cabinet · sovereignty
adjourned
Suspended proceedings temporarily
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
- discontinuedNo longer available
- haltedCame to rest
interrupted · recessed · terminated · ceased · ended · closed · disbanded · stopped · concluded · paused
interim
Provisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- hiatusBreak in activity
- interregnumRulership gap period
intermission · respite · reprieve · moratorium · continuance · short-term · transient · impermanent · stopgap · brief
proroguedconvened
Formally gathered together
sitting · assembled · reconvened · summoned · called to order