Sejm (Polish pronunciation: [ˈsɛjm] (
listen)) 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:
- Galician Sejm (Sejm Galicyjski), legislature of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, 1861–1918
- Saeima, the parliament of Latvia
- Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania
- For historical Lithuanian parliamentary assemblies, see: Template: Seimas of Lithuania
- Sejm of Four Lands, or Council of Four Lands (Sejm Czterech Ziem, Va'ad Arba' Aratzot), central Jewish authority in Poland, 1580–1764
- Sejm of the Republic of Central Lithuania (Sejm Litwy Środkowej), see: Republic of Central Lithuania general election, 1922
- Sejmik (diminutive of sejm), a regional or local legislature in Poland
- Voivodeship sejmik (sejmik województwa)
- Silesian Sejm or Silesian Parliament (Sejm Śląski), legislature of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, 1920–1939
- Sojm, the parliament of the historical unrecognized state of Carpatho-Ukraine
Other:
- Seym River, a river in Russia and Ukraine
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