English Explanatory Dictionary

tetracameralism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of having four legislative bodies or parliamentary chambers, such as the Medieval Scandinavian deliberative assemblies divided into separate estates for the nobility, clergy, burghers, and peasants.

Word forms

tetracameralism tetracameralisms

Etymology

From tetracameral + -ism.

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