Bicameral meaning

bī-kămər-əl
The definition of bicameral is something with two lawmaking groups.

An example of bicameral is the United States Congress which has the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches.

A bicameral legislature.

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Made up of or having two legislative chambers.

Congress is a bicameral legislature.

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Composed of or having two chambers, as an abscess divided by a septum.
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Composed of or having two chambers, as an abscess divided by a septum.
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(typography, of a typeface or script) Having two cases: uppercase and lowercase.
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(politics) Having, or pertaining to, two separate legislative chambers or houses.
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Origin of bicameral

  • bi– Latin camera chamber chamber –al

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From bi- +‎ Latin camera (“chamber”) +‎ -al.

    From Wiktionary

Bicameral Sentence Examples

  • The adoption of a bicameral system made it possible to give due recognition to both principles.

  • During the colonial period and the early years of statehood the legislature was composed of one house, but the bicameral system was adopted in the constitution of 1790.

  • The controversy ended in the creation of a bicameral legislature in the lower branch of which the claim of the larger states found recognition, while in the upper, the Senate, each state had two votes.

  • Buffalo is governed under an amended city charter of 1896 by which the government is vested in a bicameral city council, and a mayor elected for a term of four years.

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