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	lower house (lower house) noun the larger of two sections of a bicameral parliament or similar legislature, typically with elected members and having the primary responsibility for legislation: the Bundestag or lower house of the German parliament (the Lower House) (in the UK) the House of Commons.		More words in this category bicameral caucus constituency constituent Dem. judicial review Lab. lower house Minister without Portfolio MP multiparty other place parliamentary parliamentary party portfolio private secretary seat upper house vote Nearby Words Lower Canada lower case lower chamber lower class lower court lower criticism lower deck Lower East Side Lower Forty-eight (States) lower house Lower Hutt Lower Merion lower orders lower plants lower regions Lower Saxony lower school lowest common denominator lowest common multiple