prorogation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it

WordNet

Pro`ro*ga"tion noun
Etymology
L. prorogatio: cf. F. prorogation.
Definitions
  1. The act of counting in duration; prolongation. Obs. South.
  2. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign. Eng. ✍ After an adjournment all things continue as they were at the adjournment; whereas, after a prorogation, bill introduced and nut passed are as if they had never been begun at all. Mozley & W.

Webster 1913