prorogation
- n discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
- King George was not present at the prorogation and neither was his Prime Minister.
- Even though divided as to what to do next, most of Ulster's 1,000,000 Protestants clearly felt betrayed by the prorogation of the Parliament at Stormont, through which they had .
- Tumult erupted, the police were called and the lights of the Chamber were extinguished, but the deputies, milling about in semidarkness, managed to keep the prorogation order .