Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

St. Stephen's

The Houses of Parliament are so called, because, at one time, the Commons used to sit in St. Stephen's Chapel.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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