House of Peers
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Newly appointed to Japan's House of Peers, he is among those whose seating General MacArthur has ordered delayed, pending determination of their status as "desirable personnel."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the House of Peers last week Viscount Masatoshi Okochi demanded that the Premier's slayers should at least be tried.
From Time Magazine Archive
Returning to Japan the Prince took his seat in the House of Peers in 1890, and in 1903 succeeded his brother-in-law as President.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prominent members of the Diet and the House of Peers said privately that the government must fall.
From Time Magazine Archive
As one of the heirs of Sir John de Hastings, who sat in the Parliament of 18th Edward I., he was summoned to the House of Peers in 1841.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
