Senate

//ˈsɛnət// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
  2. 2
    The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic. historical
  3. 3
    The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate". Canada
  4. 4
    The United States Senate. US
  5. 5
    The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States. US
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  1. 6
    The upper house of the Philippine Congress. Philippines
Noun
  1. 1
    In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
  2. 2
    assembly possessing high legislative powers wordnet
  3. 3
    A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.

    "Before the Tyrant's throne All night his aged Senate sate."

  4. 4
    the upper house of the United States Congress wordnet
  5. 5
    In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.

Etymology

From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of Senedd.

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