(in Britain) the upper chamber of Parliament, composed of the peers of the realm
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House′ of Lords′,
- Governmentthe nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
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'House of Lords' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Law Lords
- Lord Chancellor
- Lord Chief Justice
- Lord Spiritual
- Lord Temporal
- Lords
- Lords Spiritual
- Lords Temporal
- Parliament
- Supreme Court
- Whitelaw
- backwoodsman
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- baron
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- impeachment
- leader
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- parliament
- peer of the realm
- previous question
- woolsack