'''Majlis''' (also spelled '''Majalis''' or '''Mejlis''', Arabic: مجلس) is an Arabic language|Arabic term meaning "a place of sitting" used to describe various types of formal legislative assemblies in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to Islamic countries. Also it is the equivalent of the term ''legislature'' in some Islamic-culture states. Majlis is also a common term used for a special gathering in remembrance of Husayn ibn Ali, the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
- '''Majlis''' is also an Arabic language|Arabic term for a room in a private home used to entertain family and guests. In some homes there is a women's Majlis and a men's Majlis. It shares its Semitic language#Morphology: triliteral roots|grammatical root with the verb meaning 'to sit' (cf. British English 'sitting room').
- '''Majlis''' is also used to mean a ''salon'' (musical or scientific), especially during the Abbasid era e.g. for discussing the recent translations from Greek (Ref: Melvyn Bragg's ''"In Our Time"'' broadcast, BBC Radio 4, 2 October 2008). This sense is sometimes now distinguished as an "adabi majlis" ("artistic majlis").
