■ noun (in the UK) the chamber of Parliament composed of peers and bishops.
↘a committee of specially qualified members of this, appointed as the ultimate judicial appeal court of England and Wales.
■ noun (in the UK) the chamber of Parliament composed of peers and bishops.
↘a committee of specially qualified members of this, appointed as the ultimate judicial appeal court of England and Wales.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004