Sejm (disambiguation)

Sejm (disambiguation)

Sejm (: Audio-IPA|Sejm.ogg| [sɛjm] ) is a generic Polish word meaning "a gathering or diet (assembly)". More specifically, it may refer to:

* Sejm of the Republic of Poland ("Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej"), the lower chamber of the parliament of Poland

Historical types of Polish sejms:
* General sejm ("sejm walny"), any of Polish parliamentary assemblies during the 15th–18th centuries
* Confederated sejm ("sejm skonfederowany")
* Convocation sejm ("sejm konwokacyjny")
* Coronation sejm ("sejm koronacyjny")
* Election sejm ("sejm elekcyjny")

Historic Polish sejms:
* Contract Sejm ("Sejm Kontraktowy"), 1989–1991
* Convocation Sejm (1764) ("sejm konwokacyjny 1764 r.")
* Election Sejm of 1632 ("sejm elekcyjny 1632 r.")
* Great Sejm ("Sejm Wielki"), 1788–1792
* Grodno Sejm ("Sejm Grodzieński"), 1793
* Pacification Sejm ("Sejm Pacyfikacyjny"), 1736
* Partition Sejm ("Sejm Rozbiorowy"), 1773–1776
* Repnin Sejm ("Sejm Repninowski"), 1767–1768
* Silent Sejm ("Sejm Niemy"), 1717

Legislatures of other countries and entities:
* Saeima, the parliament of Latvia
* Galician Sejm ("Sejm Galicyjski"), legislature of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, 1861–1918
* Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania
** For historic Lithuanian parliamentary assemblies, see:
* Sejm of Four Lands or Council of Four Lands ("Sejm Czterech Ziem", "Va'ad Arba' Aratzot"), central Jewish authority in Poland, 1580–1764
* Sejmik (diminutive of "sejm"), a regional or local legislature in Poland
** Voivodeship sejmik ("sejmik województwa")
* Sejm of the Republic of Central Lithuania ("Sejm Litwy Środkowej"), see: Republic of Central Lithuania general election, 1922
* Silesian Sejm or Silesian Parliament ("Sejm Śląski"), legislature of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, 1920–1939

Other:
* Seym River, a river in Russia and Ukraine


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