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Definition of Bicameral
1. Adjective. Composed of two legislative bodies.
2. Adjective. Consisting of two chambers. "The bicameral heart of a fish"
Definition of Bicameral
1. a. Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.
Definition of Bicameral
1. Adjective. (politics) Having, or pertaining to, two separate legislative chambers or houses. ¹
2. Adjective. (typography of a typeface or script) Having two cases: uppercase and lowercase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bicameral
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Bicameral
1. Having two chambers; denoting especially an abscess divided by a more or less complete septum. Origin: bi-+ L. Camera, chamber (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bicameral
Literary usage of Bicameral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of the Government of Modern States by William Franklin Willoughby (1919)
"Historical Development of the bicameral System. ... In regard to no feature has
this been more true than in respect to its bicameral character. ..."
2. Readings in Political Science by Raymond Garfield Gettell (1911)
"Advantages of the bicameral system. The idea of a law- making body composed ...
In the second place, the bicameral principle not only serves to protect the ..."
3. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1891)
"I. We may say that modern constitutional law has settled | firmly upon the
bicameral system in the legislature, with i substantial parity of powers in the ..."
4. Elements of Political Science by Stephen Leacock (1906)
"The bicameral System; Reasons for its Adoption. Of all the means that have been
used to secure, in the work of legislation, a due amount of caution and ..."
5. Principles of Constitutional Government by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1916)
"XIII THE bicameral SYSTEM AND ITS RELATION TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT '"THE bicameral
form of legislative organization was *• accepted as the proper form at a ..."
6. The Government of England, Its Structure, and Its Development by William Edward Hearn (1887)
"The bicameral system, it has been observed,* accompanies the Anglican race ...
The true merit, then, of the bicameral system is that by dividing a power ..."
7. Politics: An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Constitutional Law by William Watrous Crane, Bernard Moses (1883)
"THE bicameral SYSTEM OF THE MODERN LEGISLATURE. THE division of the legislature
into two houses, as is the custom of most representative governments, ..."
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