ladies' gallery

noun(formerly, in Britain)

a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
a portion of the strangers' gallery of the new House of Commons similarly reserved

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How to use ladies' gallery in a sentence

The ladies gallery was crowded to excess, and the fair ones overflowed into the anteroom of the Senate.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20) | Charles Sumner
The Ladies Gallery was full, for the matter was in all the papers, and a pretty sensation had been worked up one way and another.
The Trespasser, Complete | Gilbert Parker
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the ladies gallery was filled to overflowing.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume VIII (of 20) | Charles Sumner
It fills the narrow side of the house, and is just below the ladies gallery and above the Speakers chair.
Saunterings in and about London | Max Schlesinger
Annabel was then quite ready to leave, and the question of the Ladies Gallery came up for settlement.
I, Thou, and the Other One | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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