What does Senate mean?
Definitions for Senate
ˈsɛn ɪtSe·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
senate(noun)
assembly possessing high legislative powers
United States Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, Senate(noun)
the upper house of the United States Congress
Wiktionary
senate(Noun)
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
senate(Noun)
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 and male.
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
Senate(ProperNoun)
A legislative body in many countries.
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
Senate(ProperNoun)
The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
Senate(ProperNoun)
The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
Senate(ProperNoun)
The United States Senate, "the Senate".
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
Senate(ProperNoun)
The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.
Webster Dictionary
Senate(noun)
an assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions
Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
Senate(noun)
a body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority
Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
Senate(noun)
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
Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
Senate(noun)
in general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government
Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
Senate(noun)
the governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London
Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
Senate(noun)
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
Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
Freebase
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature or parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, since senate means the assembly of the eldest and wiser members of the society and ruling class. The first official senate was the Roman senate of Ancient Rome. Many countries currently have an assembly named a senate, composed of senators who may be elected, appointed, have inherited the title, or gained membership by other methods, depending on the country. Modern senates typically serve to provide a chamber of "sober second thought" to consider legislation passed by a lower house, whose members are usually elected.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Senate
sen′āt, n. a legislative or deliberative body, esp. the upper house of a national legislature, as of France, the United States, &c.: a body of venerable or distinguished persons: the governing body of the University of Cambridge.—ns. Sen′ate-house, a house in which a senate meets; Sen′ator, a member of a senate: in Scotland, the lords of session are called Senators of the College of Justice.—adj. Senatō′rial, pertaining to, or becoming, a senate or a senator.—adv. Senatō′rially, with senatorial dignity.—ns. Sen′atorship; Senā′tus, a governing body in certain universities.—Senātus academicus, the governing body of a Scotch university, consisting of the principal and professors; Senātus consult, a decree of the senate of ancient Rome. [L. senatus—senex, senis, an old man.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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.
Editors Contribution
senate
A type of unity government and unity legislature that creates legislation. Members are elected to this type of unity government through just, fair and transparent democratic citizen vote from the electorate using a proportional representation voting system. It is a form of unity government created and formed by representation from every elected political party elected to government and a proportionate number of elected independent politicians elected to this form of unity government within a country united to form a unity government and each represented in the unity government cabinet to work together for the optimum health, democracy, human rights, right to life, civil rights, ethical, fair, just and moral shared prosperity of all people in the country with the responsibility to work in unity with all elected political party politicians and elected independent politicians in the unity government and collaborate with all facets and structures of local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government or international unity government to ensure the electorate and people are empowered and their collective choices and voices are heard, understood, reflected and represented and equality and inclusion is empowered to all facets of each community, society, region, europe and country. All members are focused positively on cocreating in order of the priority of optimum health, democracy, human rights, right to life, civil rights, ethical, fair, just and moral shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to housing, right to education, right to parent, right to childcare, right to a standard of living, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.
The senate use their authority to scrutinize the bills at a pre-legislative stage within a unity government.
Submitted by MaryC on April 16, 2020
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Etymology and Origins
Senate
The Upper House of the United States Congress. The term properly implies an elder, from the Latin senis, an old man.
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Nouns Frequency
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Senate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Senate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Senate in a Sentence
It was heartbreaking because it seemed to me that the uniqueness of the Senate had been irreparably damaged, and along with it, any hope of restoring meaningful bipartisanship, i will do so with great reluctance—not because I have any doubts that Judge Gorsuch will be an excellent Justice, but because of the further damage, perhaps irreparable, it will do to the Senate.
I'm not recommending it, but it's possible for the Senate, through the presiding officer, the chief justice, to appoint a committee to hear additional evidence, if the Senate thinks it's necessary.
I think the Senate's going to have to act unless it is willing to accept the death of a U.S. resident journalist as an acceptable action because of a broader relationship. I don't accept that.
The administration requested authority to extend the deadline for positive train control and the Senate subsequently advanced a bipartisan proposal to create accountability and set realistic deadlines, this provision in the surface transportation bill will address the concerns summarized in Chairman Elliott's correspondence.
We hope once people get past the initial statements and initial reaction, when they really look at this legislation, when it comes to the floor of the Senate, they'll see it as an effort by the president to take ideas from both parties.
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- senaatAfrikaans
- مجلس الشيوخArabic
- сенатBulgarian
- senatCatalan, Valencian
- senátCzech
- seneddWelsh
- senatDanish
- SenatGerman
- γερουσίαGreek
- senatoEsperanto
- senadoSpanish
- سناPersian
- senaattiFinnish
- sénatFrench
- seanadIrish
- כנסטHebrew
- senaHaitian Creole
- սենատArmenian
- öldungadeildIcelandic
- senatoItalian
- סֵנָטHebrew
- 元老院, 上院Japanese
- ព្រឹទ្ធិសភាKhmer
- 상원Korean
- senatusLatin
- senatMalay
- senaatDutch
- senatNorwegian
- senatPolish
- senadoPortuguese
- сенатRussian
- senateSouthern Sotho
- senatSwedish
- senatoTurkish
- сенатUkrainian
- 参议院Chinese
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