upper house

NOUN

small and less representative legislature

Synonyms

WEAK

House of Lords House of Peers US Senate

Example Sentences

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The lower house, upper house, and military members each elect a vice president from among their ranks, and the combined parliament votes on which of the three will be elevated to president.

From Barron's

The reforms are expected to pass the upper house of the New South Wales parliament on Tuesday evening or early Wednesday evening.

From Barron's

But she needed a runoff to prevail in the upper house after falling just short of a majority in the first vote.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then it lost its majority in the upper house in July, amid public anger after a fundraising scandal.

From BBC

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

From BBC