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   Sen·ate

   /ˈsenət/

   

   noun

   • 1. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most 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.
   • 2. 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.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French senat, from Latin senatus, from senex ‘old man’.

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