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House of Parliament Hist. 
1 the legislative body in a province of British North America, usually the lower of two bodies, the upper, called the Executive Council, sometimes being included in the designation.
See also: House of Assembly (def. 1a)
- 1825 A corn broom, or a hot brick, has turned the House of Parliament out of doors, and here is the Gazette, threatening destruction to the market-square, some windy morning.
- 1893 Baldwin audaciously insisted that a member of the House was not entitled to the privilege of non-arrest, as it was a House of Assembly only, and not a House of Parliament.
2 the chamber or building in which such an assembly meets.
See also: House of Assembly (def. 2)
- 1904 When Lord Elgin gave the royal assent to the Indemnity Bill, he was not with the mob that . . . burned the house of parliament. . . .
- 1825 A corn broom, or a hot brick, has turned the House of Parliament out of doors, and here is the Gazette, threatening destruction to the market-square, some windy morning.