Storting

or Stor·thing

[ stawr-ting, stohr- ]

noun
  1. the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting, or Lagthing ), comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting, or Odelsthing ), comprising the rest.

Origin of Storting

1
1825–35; from Norwegian, equivalent to stor “great” + ting “assembly, court”; cognate with thing2

Words Nearby Storting

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How to use Storting in a sentence

  • Petter's father was deputy to the Storting, and had taken to sitting reading the papers of an evening.

    Wanderers | Knut Hamsun

British Dictionary definitions for Storting

Storting

Storthing

/ (ˈstɔːtɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the parliament of Norway: See also Lagting, Odelsting

Origin of Storting

1
C19: Norwegian, from stor great + thing assembly

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