The German term Herrenhaus is equivalent to the English House of Lords and describes the roughly similar institution of an upper house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature in German-speaking countries. More specifically, Herrenhaus can refer to the following: ...
• (n.) See Legislature, Austria, Prussia.
(from the article `Prussia`) ...constitution by decree in February 1850, a constitution which was to survive unchanged until 1918. Prussia received a parliament with two ...
Her'ren·haus` noun [ G., House of Lords.] See Legislature , Austria , Prussia .