House of Lords

noun phrase

: the upper house of the British Parliament composed of the lords temporal and spiritual

Examples of House of Lords in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That, in fact, was the point: Wicks passed the law with help from a member of Britain’s House of Lords, who had created similar regulations in her country, in the hope that if Britain and California passed the same rules, a global standard was likely to follow. —Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 30 May 2023

On April 27, 2023, Lord Alton of Liverpool, a Cross-bench member of the U.K. House of Lords, tabled an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to ensure that some assets could be confiscated. —Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 3 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1643, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

House of Lords

: the upper house of the British Parliament

Legal Definition

House of Lords

: the upper house of the British parliament composed of the lords temporal and spiritual

called also Lords