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1. (n.) senate
an assembly or council having the highest deliberative functions in a government, esp. a legislative assembly.
2. senate
(cap.) the upper house of the U.S. Congress or of a state legislature.
3. senate
(cap.) the upper house of the legislature of other countries, as France and Canada.
4. senate
the room or building in which such a group meets.
5. senate
the supreme council of state of ancient Rome, the membership and functions of which varied at different periods.
6. senate
a governing, advisory, or disciplinary body, as at some universities.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME senat < L senātus=sen(ex) old, old man +-ātus -ate3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) senate
assembly possessing high legislative powers
2. (noun) United States Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, Senate
the upper house of the United States Congress
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1. (noun) Senate
the Senate
one of the two organizations in the U.S. government or a U.S. state that makes laws
the U.S. Senate; the Texas State Senate
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Senate
an assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions
2. (noun) Senate
a body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority
3. (noun) Senate
the upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons
4. (noun) Senate
in general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government
5. (noun) Senate
the governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London
6. (noun) Senate
in some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Senate
a name first bestowed by the Romans on their supreme legislative and administrative assembly; its formation is traditionally ascribed to Romulus; its powers, at their greatest during the Republic, gradually diminished under the Emperors; in modern times is used to designate the "Upper House" in the legislature of various countries, e. g. France and the United States of America; is also the title of the governing body in many universities.
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Sense: a lawmaking body, especially the upper house of the parliament in some countries.
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 Afrikaans: senaat |
 Arabic: مَجْلِس الشُّيوخ |
 Bulgarian: сенат |
 Brazilian: senado |
 Czech: senát |
 German: der Senat |
 Danish: senat |
 Greek: γερουσία |
 Spanish: senado |
 Estonian: senat |
 Farsi: مجلس سنا |
 Finnish: senaatti |
 French: sénat |
 Hebrew: סֶנָט |
 Hindi: सीनेट, अधिसभा |
 Croatian: senat, zakonodavno vijeće |
 Hungarian: felsőház, szenátus |
 Indonesian: senat |
 Icelandic: öldungadeild, efri deild |
 Italian: senato |
 Japanese: 上院議会 |
 Korean: 상원 |
 Lithuanian: senatas |
 Latvian: senāts |
 Malay: senat |
 Dutch: senaat |
 Norwegian: senat; akademisk kollegiu |
 Polish: senat |
 Persian: مجلس سنا |
 Pashto: دمشرانو جرګه، سنا |
 Portuguese: senado |
 Romanian: senat |
 Russian: сенат |
 Slovak: senát |
 Slovenian: senat |
 Serbian: senat |
 Swedish: senat |
 Thai: วุฒิสภา |
 Turkish: senato |
 Taiwanese: 參議院 |
 Ukrainian: сенат |
 Urdu: قانون ساز مجلس |
 Vietnamese: thượng nghị viện |
 Chinese: 参议院，上议院 |
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