bicameral
/bʌɪˈkam(ə)r(ə)l
/adjective
(Of a legislative body) having two chambers: a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a popularly elected House of Assembly...
- We need a single legislative council, a bicameral European Parliament, with one house representing member states, and the other the European electorate.
- The legislative branch consists of a bicameral parliament with a Chamber of Counselors and a Chamber of Representatives.
- Jamaica, a member of the British Commonwealth, has a bicameral parliamentary legislative system.
Derivatives
bicameralism
- Of course, a main reason for bicameralism is that an upper house is supposed to check the lower house should ‘passion’ overtake the lower house and result in ill-conceived legislation.
- Repeal of the amendment would restore both federalism and bicameralism.
- Others, however, pertain to the structure of the government itself, and may not, in the first instance, have anything to do with individual rights at all, as, for example, a traditional adherence to bicameralism.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from bi- 'two' + Latin camera 'chamber' + -al.
Rhymes
- submembranous
- submental
- submentum
- submenu
- submerge
- submerged-arc welding
- submerged tenth
- submergement
- submergence
- submergent
- submergible
- submerse
- submersible
- submersion
- submetacentric
- submeter
- submicro
- submicron
- submicroscopic
- submicroscopical
- submillimetre
- submillimetric
- submind
- subminiature
- subminiaturisation