Meaning of SENATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'senit
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] assembly possessing high legislative powers
- [n] the upper house of the United States Congress
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| | See Also: | | Congress, general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislature, Senate, United States Congress, United States Senate | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Senate
This four volume work presents the most comprehensive history ever of congressional committee membership. With a wealth of data never before assembled by scholars, this reference set details committee organization and membership in Congress from the first session in 1789 until the beginning of the modern period after World War II. The volumes complement the two volume set, published by CQ Press in 1993, listing committee rosters and assignments in the post-war years. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sen"ate\, n. [OE. senat, F. s['e]nat, fr. L. senatus,
fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See {Senior}, {Sir}.]
1. An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and
legislative functions. Specifically:
(a) (Anc. Rom.) A body of elders appointed or elected from
among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme
legislative authority.
The senate was thus the medium through which all
affairs of the whole government had to pass.
--Dr. W.
Smith.
(b) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in
various countries, as in France, in the United States,
in most of the separate States of the United States,
and in some Swiss cantons.
(c) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the
legislative department of government.
2. The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and
London. [Eng.]
3. 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. [U. S.]
{Senate chamber}, a room where a senate meets when it
transacts business.
{Senate house}, a house where a senate meets when it
transacts business.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (Acts 5:21), the "elders of Israel" who formed a component part of the Sanhedrin. |
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