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Senate

ˈsɛnɪt

Senate definitions

noun

Inflections:

senate senates

the smaller upper assembly in the US, US states, France, and other countries

"the senate must ratify any treaty with a two-thirds majority"
- the governing body of a university or college
the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights

Synonyms:
legislature legislative assembly congress senate chamber house upper house lower house upper chamber lower chamber second chamber convocation diet council assembly Chamber of Deputies