bicameral legislature

Cultural  

1. A legislature with two houses, or chambers. The British parliament is a bicameral legislature, made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Likewise, the United States Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Example Sentences

It’s not obvious, after all, that we need a bicameral legislature in the first place.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2025

One measure, introduced in 2018 in Mexico’s bicameral legislature, passed last year in one chamber and is now sitting in the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Peruvians overwhelmingly rejected a bicameral legislature in a 2018 referendum.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022

Although the basic design of the House and Senate resulted from a political deal between large and small states, the bicameral legislature established by the convention did not emerge from thin air.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Its leading features are popular representation more or less extensive, a bicameral legislature, and a cabinet or consolidated ministry.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various