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Sejm

[seym]
–noun
the unicameral parliament of Poland.

Origin:
< Pol: assembly < Slavic *sŭjĭmŭ equiv. to *sŭ- with, together + -jĭmŭ, n. deriv. of jĭm- v. base meaning “take,” akin to L emere to take, buy (cf. consume, redeem )
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sejm 
congress of the Polish republic, 1698, from Pol. sejm "assembly," from *syn-imu, lit. "a taking together."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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