senate
IPA: sˈɛnʌt
noun
- 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.
- In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.
- 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.
- (US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
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Examples of "senate" in Sentences
- The Senate supported the motion.
- The duke complained to the senate.
- The Senate is headed by the Consul.
- The committee is one of the oldest in the Senate.
- As of June 2010, he is in seniority in the Senate.
- Is this bourgeois senate the same as the conservative senate
- Seniority is important in the Senate and McCain is the senior senator.
- It is also sustained by the reports of the committees of the House and Senate.