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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
the Rump Parliament
the Rump Parliament [the Rump Parliament] BrE NAmE a name given to the parliament that governed Britain from 1648 to 1653 and from 1659 to 1660, after the ↑Long Parliament had been reduced in size. (The rump of something is a small part left from something that was much bigger.) It voted for the trial and ↑execution of King ↑Charles I and ended just before the Restoration.
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