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THIRD HOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does third house mean? 

THIRD HOUSE (noun)
  The noun THIRD HOUSE has 1 sense:

1. an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbyingplay

  Familiarity information: THIRD HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THIRD HOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

advocacy group; lobby; lobby group; pressure group; special-interest group; special interest; special interest group; third house

Hypernyms ("third house" is a kind of...):

interest; interest group ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims)

political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "third house"):

National Rifle Association; NRA (a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government)


 Context examples 


You may also have an unexpected problem with travel or regarding a writing or speaking project (the Sun rules your third house of communication and transportation).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With Mars moving through your third house, you might decide to take a short romantic trip with the person you are dating and do so at the end of January.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Venus will spend a lot of time in fire-sign Sagittarius, your third house of quick jaunts, until November 25, a friendly sign that blends well with your air-sign Libra Sun.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With four mighty planets in your third house, you will likely work on a communication-oriented project.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

All the planets in your third house of communication—also ruling travel—will be in conversation with the Sun, new moon, Neptune, and Mercury in your love sector.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Let’s start with the weekend of March 7-8 when Venus will align perfectly with Uranus in Taurus, your travel-oriented third house.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Active Mars will remain in your third house of communication until March 30.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Meanwhile, Mars is continuing his tour of your third house of travel and contractual matters.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The new moon in Pisces four degrees on February 23 will be magnificent and light your third house of communication and travel.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This time, Mercury will retrograde in Pisces, your third house of communication and travel, and that might make finding accord on contractual matters difficult to achieve.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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