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Proroʹgue (2 syl.)

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The Parliament was prorogued. Dismissed for the holidays, or suspended for a time. (Latin, pro-rogo, to prolong.) If dismissed entirely it is said to be “dissolved.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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