SENATE
\sˈɛnət], \sˈɛnət], \s_ˈɛ_n_ə_t]\
Definitions of SENATE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.
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A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority.
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In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government.
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The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.
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A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority.
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In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government.
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The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A council of state; in ancient Rome, the supreme council of state: Senate, in the United States, the upper house of Congress or of a state legislature; the upper house of the lawmaking body in various countries.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A legislative or deliberative body, esp. the upper house of a national legislature: that branch of the American Congress chosen by the Legislatures of the States and whose members are elected for a term of six years: one of the two co-ordinate branches of the State Legislature or Assembly.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An assembly or council of senators; the upper house of legislature; any legislative or deliberative body; the governing body of Cambridge University.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The deliberative and legislative assembly of a state; in U. S. of Amer., the Upper House of the legislature; the governing body of a university; a superior governing body.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] An assembly or council of citizens distinguished by birth, dignities, wealth, influence, &c., and invested with a share in the government, as in ancient Rome; —a body of elders chosen from the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority;— the upper or less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France and in the United States ;—hence, in general, a legislative body; a state council.
