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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"
- 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.
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: Senatus ), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: senex meaning "the elder" or "old man") and therefore considered wiser and more experienced members of the society or ruling class.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States House of Representatives, comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States.
Add to word list. politics & government. the group of politicians who have the most power to make laws in a government: The US Senate has 100 members. He served in the state senate. politics & government. In Canada, members of the Senate give advice about laws but do not make laws.
SENATE definition: 1. one of the two groups of politicians who make laws in some political systems such as in the US…. Learn more.
noun. /ˈsenət/ (usually the Senate) [singular] one of the two groups of elected politicians who make laws in some countries, for example in the US, Australia, Canada and France. The Senate is smaller than the other group but higher in rank. Many state parliaments in the US also have a Senate. a member of the Senate. a Senate committee.
SENATE meaning: 1 : the smaller group of the two groups of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country, state, etc.; 2 : the smaller group of the two groups that form the U.S. Congress often used before another noun.
See synonyms for senate on Thesaurus.com noun an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
