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Webster 1913 Edition
Senate
Sen′ate
,Noun.
1.
An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.
Specifically: (a)
(Anc. Rom.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Senate
SEN'ATE
,Noun.
1.An a assembly or council of senators; a body of the principal inhabitants of the city or state,
with a share in the government. The senate of ancient Rome was one of the most illustrious bodies of men that ever bore this name. Some of the Swiss cantons have a senate, either legislative or executive.
2. In the United States, senate denotes the higher branch or house of legislature. Such is the senate of the United States, or upper house of the congress; and in most of the states, the higher and least numerous branch of the legislature, is called the senate. In the U. States, the senate is an elective body.
3. In a looser sense, Any legislative or deliberative boky of men; as the eloquence of the senate.
Definition 2024
Senate
Senate
See also: senate
English
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.
See also
- House of Representatives
- House of Commons
- National Assembly
- Upper House
- Lower House
Translations
legislative body
Roman senate
US Senate
US state senate
Anagrams
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senate
See also: Senate
English
Noun
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- 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.
- 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,
- Before the Tyrant's throne
- All night his aged Senate sate.
- 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,
Related terms
Translations
the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
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a group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors
References
- senate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “senate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.