upper house

noun

1. one of two branches of a legislature generally smaller and less representative than the lower branch, as the Senate of the U.S. Congress.

upper house

noun

1. Also called: upper chamber. (often capitals) one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature Compare lower house

Word History and Origins

Origin of upper house¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

There are 174 members of the Dáil and another 60 Senators in the upper house, Seanad Éireann.

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But Falconer, who is sponsoring the bill in the Lords, has urged his colleagues respect the convention that laws backed by MPs are not blocked in the Upper House.

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Japan is currently seeing a drift towards the far-right, with the nationalist Sanseito emerging as one of the biggest winners of Japan's recent upper house parliamentary election.

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Earlier this year, the LDP suffered another defeat in the upper house parliamentary elections where it also lost its majority.

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The LDP has governed Japan for almost seven decades, but under Ishiba it lost its majority in the lower house for the first time in 15 years and then lost its majority in the upper house in July.

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