House of Lords love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The upper house of Parliament in the United Kingdom, made up of members of the nobility and high-ranking clergy.

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  • noun The upper chamber of the UK Houses of Parliament

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  • noun the upper house of the British parliament

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Examples

  • The next time the Parliament met, he called a House of Lords of sixty members, as the petition gave him power to do; but as that Parliament did not please him either, and would not proceed to the business of the country, he jumped into a coach one morning, took six Guards with him, and sent them to the right-about.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • Afire with indignation, he told how the deputy black rod had hustled him like a vagabond or a thief, and he called the House of Lords a bear garden.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • Afire with indignation, he told how the deputy black rod had hustled him like a vagabond or a thief, and he called the House of Lords a bear garden.

    Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Afire with indignation, he told how the deputy black rod had hustled him like a vagabond or a thief, and he called the House of Lords a bear garden.

    Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • The next time the Parliament met, he called a House of Lords of sixty members, as the petition gave him power to do; but as that Parliament did not please him either, and would not proceed to the business of the country, he jumped into a coach one morning, took six Guards with him, and sent them to the right-about.

    A child`s history of England 1852

  • The next time the Parliament met, he called a House of Lords of sixty members, as the petition gave him power to do; but as that Parliament did not please him either, and would not proceed to the business of the country, he jumped into a coach one morning, took six Guards with him, and sent them to the right-about.

    A Child's History of England Charles Dickens 1841

  • The man has become a rich, pampered fool which unfortunately makes him wholly qualified for the even more luxuriously padded cell known as The House of Lords, that is full of similar cases nodding off all day long.

    Evening Standard - Home Tony Bonnici 2011

  • I was suddenly excited when I read that the winning advocate in the House of Lords was the same Rose Heilbron.

    My legal hero: Rose Heilbron Vera Baird 2010

  • If we are to be saddled with regional councils, based on antique middle 20th Century boundaries that have no relation to modern Britain, as a means avoiding the inconveniences to others of giving England its own parliament or standing committee of the House of Commons, perhaps the House of Lords could be a Grand Committee of all the devolved assemblies, councils and parliaments of the islands, and such like.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • And yet I still dont think we should remove the permant nature of the peerage; if anything the only thing that should stop a peer from entering the House of Lords is the fact that they are in jail for whoring out their peerage.

    Kinda makes Cash-for-peerages look positively innocent, doesn't it? Dan Vevers 2009

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