SENATE
senate
(noun) assembly possessing high legislative powers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
senate (plural senates)
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
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.
Anagrams
• Santee, atenes, enates, ensate, sateen, tenase
Proper noun
Senate (plural Senates)
Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
(historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
(Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
(US) The United States Senate, "the Senate".
(US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
Anagrams
• Santee, atenes, enates, ensate, sateen, tenase
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"ate, n. Etym: [OE. senat, F. sénat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex,
gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
1. An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and
legislative functions. Specifically: (a) (Anc. Rom.)
Definition: A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of
the nation, and having supreme legislative authority.
The senate was thus the medium through which all affairs of the whole
government had to pass. Dr. W. Smith.
(b) 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.
(c) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative
department of government.
2. The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
[Eng.]
3. 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. [U.
S.] Senate chamber, a room where a senate meets when it transacts
business.
– Senate house, a house where a senate meets when it transacts
business.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition