Houses of Parliament

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noun (in Britain)

the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords assemble

these two chambers considered together

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Words nearby Houses of Parliament

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How to use Houses of Parliament in a sentence

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New residents are living in houses in the suburbs and exurbs.
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He may have been relieved to head for Westminster as a Member of Parliament on Oct. 1, 1386.
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It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.
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It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
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The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
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We make fast the doors of our lighted houses against the indigent and the hungry.
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