House of Commons

noun phrase

: the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments

Examples of House of Commons in a Sentence

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The weekly political tradition features verbal sparring as the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition try an one-up each other in front of an often rowdy House of Commons. Andrew Jones Andrew Jones is a senior desk editor. Andrew Jones, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024 Labor’s large House of Commons majority means lawmakers will almost certainly vote Tuesday to send the bill on for further scrutiny, despite Conservative misgivings. Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 His party is slated to claim 412 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, according to the near-final results. Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 5 July 2024 Singing at esteemed venues like Guildhall in London, the UK House of Commons and The Vatican for the World Changers Summit has been an immense privilege. Victoria Chynoweth, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024 The revelation came in a response to an inquiry by England’s House of Commons amid the Baby Reindeer craze in May. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024 Both are independently audited, according to a research briefing on the finances of the monarchy published last week on the British House of Commons Library’s website. Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 24 July 2024 The good news goes beyond the result itself: a commanding haul of 412 Labour seats in the 650-member House of Commons, up from barely 200 in the last election, in 2019. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024 Three years ago, thousands of unmarked graves were found on the grounds of these schools that operated from the 1880s to the 1990s, and in 2022, Canada’s House of Commons officially recognized the residential school system as cultural genocide. Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 9 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of House of Commons was in 1621

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“House of Commons.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/House%20of%20Commons. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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House of Commons

: the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments

Legal Definition

House of Commons

: the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments

called also Commons

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