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