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lower house

[ loh-er ]

noun

  1. one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.


lower house

noun

  1. one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house Also calledlower chamber Compare upper house
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lower house1

First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences

The first decision said that the lower houses of every state had to be apportioned based on population—not geography.

From Time

Every seat in Mexico’s lower house of congress was up for grabs, as were half of the country’s governorships, and thousands of mayoral and local legislative offices.

He’ll remain a member of the parliament’s lower house afterward and key party member.

From Vox

But the Democrats have the majority in the lower house, and they let the bill expire without voting on it.

The party's lower-house caucus has split in two as the saga continues, day after day.

Speaking on the floor of parliament's lower house, he denied ever having held any account abroad.

Monti was forced to react, facing the second vote in the lower house stoically.

Berlusconi repeated the antic in the afternoon in the lower house of Parliament, this time to jeers from fellow politicians.

This was not done; but during several days the ill humour of the Lower House showed itself by a studied discourtesy.

It is a bicameral legislature composed of an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the House of Delegates.

British Columbia sends three senators and seven members to the lower house of the federal parliament, which sits at Ottawa.

I've set with Bill in the lower house three sessions, and I come pretty near knowin' him.

Chatham had advocated an increase of county members, who were then the most independent part of the Lower House.

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