bicameral

[ bahy-kam-er-uhl ]

adjective

, Government.

1. having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.

bicameral

/ baɪˈkæmərəl /

adjective

1. (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers

Derived Forms

• biˈcameralˌism, noun
• biˈcameralist, noun

Other Words From

• bi·camer·al·ism noun
• bi·camer·al·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bicameral¹

First recorded in 1825–35; bi- ¹ + Latin camer(a) “vault, arched roof” + -al ¹. See chamber

Word History and Origins

Origin of bicameral¹

C19: from bi- ¹+ Latin camera chamber

Example Sentences

Almost immediately afterward, lawmakers began calling for the creation of an independent bicameral commission to investigate the Capitol attack.

From Time

Klobuchar is a co-sponsor of the Open App Markets Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would do most of what Epic Games wanted.

From Vox

Though that plan was the product of bipartisan negotiation and had bipartisan, bicameral support, GOP opponents were already attacking it as partisan before blocking it for good on Friday.

From Vox

On his return to Japan, Onoda was feted, and briefly tipped to run for the Diet, the Japanese bicameral parliament.

From The Daily Beast

All too often, the march of folly has been bicameral, as well as bipartisan.

From The Daily Beast

But the non-Nebraska states have bicameral legislatures for no real reason.

From The Daily Beast

At the national level, we have a bicameral legislature because of the overall workings of the federal system.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

The importance of the bicameral system is strongly insisted upon by the commentator of the Constitution.

From Project Gutenberg

In structure it represents a curious cross between the principles of unicameral and bicameral organization.

From Project Gutenberg

The legislative branch in North Dakota consists of a bicameral legislature which meets in January each odd-numbered year.

From Project Gutenberg

The two houses of Parliament had made the colonists accustomed to the bicameral system.

From Project Gutenberg