tricameral

American  

[trahy-kam-er-uhl] / traɪˈkæm ər əl /

adjective

Government.

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

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Other Word Forms

• tricameralism noun
• tricameralist noun

Example Sentences

We cherish living in a democracy, and we also know that this Constitution did not create a tricameral system.

From The New Yorker

In a referendum of November 1983, the white electorate endorsed P. W. Botha’s plan to create a so-called tricameral Parliament, with Indian and Coloured chambers in addition to the white Parliament.

From Literature

The UDF had been created to coordinate protest against the new apartheid constitution in 1983, and the first elections to the segregated tricameral Parliament in 1984.

From Literature

He blamed a "handful of votes amongst the laity" for the failure to secure the requisite two-thirds majority in each house of the tricameral legislative body.

From BBC

In modern China, Humane Authority should be exercised by a tricameral legislature: a House of Exemplary Persons that represents sacred legitimacy; a House of the Nation that represents historical and cultural legitimacy; and a House of the People that represents popular legitimacy.

From New York Times