Definition of House of Lords

1. Noun. The upper house of the British parliament.

Exact synonyms: British House Of Lords
Generic synonyms: House
Group relationships: British Parliament
Member holonyms: Peer Of The Realm

Definition of House of Lords

1. Noun. The upper chamber of the UK Houses of Parliament ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of House Of Lords

Houdinied
Houdiniesque
Houdinis
Houghton
Hound of the Baskervilles
Hounsfield number
Hounsfield unit
Housatonic
Housatonic River
House
House of Commons
House of Hanover
House of Islam
House of Keys
House of Lancaster
House of Lords (current term)
House of Parliament
House of Representatives
House of Tudor
House of War
House of Windsor
House of York
Houses of Parliament
Housing and Urban Development
Housman
Houssay animal
Houssay syndrome
Houston
Houston's folds

Literary usage of House of Lords

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"1640, and took his seat for the first time in the House of Lords on the following day f ... On 30 June 1660 an order was made by the House of Lords for the ..."

2. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"It also provided a scheme by which the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council—the two highest courts of appeal in the British ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"THE House of Lords. Вv THE DUKK OF ARGYLL. There are few who would not prefer to be an MP rather than n Peer. There is all the difference between youth and ..."

4. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1906)
"Act abolishing the House of Lords (1645, March 19. Scobell, ii. 8. Gardiner, 387, 388.) THE Commons of England assembled in Parliament, finding by too long ..."

5. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"the interference of the House of Lords. Somers, early in th* eighteenth century, was protected by the peers from the scandalous prosecution instituted ..."

6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"A Writ of Summons to the House of Lords, before the lime when baronies were created ... The right to sit in the House of Lords is determined by the House. ..."

7. The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (1920)
"CHAPTER IX L PARLIAMENT: THE House of Lords Composition: the Hereditary Peers. — The British House of Lords is the oldest second chamber among contemporary ..."

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