House of Commons

noun phrase

: the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments

Examples of House of Commons in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To join the contest, candidates must win the support of a fifth, or 81, of the party’s House of Commons lawmakers. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

Instead, voters elect members of the British Parliament's lower House of Commons to represent their local constituencies, and the leader of the party that wins a majority of the seats in the house generally becomes the prime minister. — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 19 May 2026

The win takes Carney's Liberals to 173 seats in the 343-seat House of Commons. — Maria Cheng, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026

The five winners were pitted against counterparts in the British House of Commons. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for House of Commons

• brahmans
• brahmins

Kids Definition

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