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House of Commons

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House of Commons
n. Abbr. HC
The lower house of Parliament in the United Kingdom and Canada.
House of Commons
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain, Canada, etc.) the lower chamber of Parliament
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Noun1.House of Commons - the lower house of the British parliament
British House of Commons
house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
British Parliament - the British legislative body
Member of Parliament, Parliamentarian - an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
Translations
House of Commons n (Brit) the House of Commons → la Camera dei Comuni
House of Commons n (Brit) the House of Commons → la Camera dei Comuni


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Now this ambergris is a very curious substance, and so important as an article of commerce, that in a certain Nantucket-born Captain Coffin was examined at the bar of the English House of Commons on that subject.
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The facts were stated, exactly as they are stated here, in the House of Commons.
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