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House of Lords

(in Britain) the upper chamber of Parliament, composed of the peers of the realm
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House of Lords

 

the upper house of the British Parliament, composed of lords temporal (peers) and lords spiritual, and presided over by the lord chancellor. The legislative powers of the House of Lords were limited by the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949.

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