Senate

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈsÉ›nɪt/, /ˈsÉ›nÉ™t/
• Rhymes: -É›nɪt

Origin

From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus ("council of elders; a senate"), from senex ("old").

Full definition of senate

Noun

1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
2. 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 throneAll night his aged Senate sate.

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Anagrams

• sateen