House of Lords

American  

noun

1. the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.

---

House of Lords British  

noun

1. (in Britain) the upper chamber of Parliament, composed of the peers of the realm

---

House of Lords Cultural  

1. The upper house of the parliament of Britain. The House of Lords is composed of the leading clergy and nobles of the country. (Compare House of Commons.)

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

House of Lords

MPs approved the bill at third reading by 411 votes to 102, majority 309, and it will undergo further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The House of Lords used to be an equal power.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

The U.K. has an upper chamber called the House of Lords, which looked a lot different in the past.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

He will leave the Scottish Parliament and his leader role, and he will be granted a peerage so he can take up a seat in the House of Lords.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

It is likely that the first British villages in North America, thousands of miles from the House of Lords, would have lost some of the brutally graded social hierarchy that characterized European life.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann