 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
senate
noun
1: assembly possessing high legislative powers
2: the upper house of the United States Congress [syn: {United
States Senate}, {US Senate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Senate \Sen"ate\, noun [OE. senat, F. s['e]nat, 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.) 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "Senate":
Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, France,
House of Lords, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Laos,
Liberia, Malagasy Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Rhodesia,
South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey,
US, Venezuela, West Germany
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
SENATE, noun A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and
misdemeanors.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Senate
(Acts 5:21), the "elders of Israel" who formed a component part
of the Sanhedrin.
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