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

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018

At a National Party Congress next month, President Botha is expected to announce additional reforms, probably including joint sessions of the tricameral Parliament, which includes Indian and mixed-race representatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of those conditions may change after the new tricameral Parliament begins its inaugural session in January.

From Time Magazine Archive

It also brought calls from many in South Africa's shocked tricameral Parliament for a plan to allow the shantytown's 60,000 inhabitants to stay on permanently.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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