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senate (iou)



senate noun. Also Senate. ME.
[Old & mod. French senat from Latin senatus, from senex old (man): see -ATE1.]
Hist. In ancient Rome, the State council of the republican and imperial periods, composed partly of appointed members and partly of serving and former magistrates, sharing legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights. ME.
The governing body or parliament of a nation or State; a legislative body, esp. the smaller upper assembly in the US, France, and other countries, in States of the US, etc. LME.
A place where a senate meets, a senate house. E17.
The governing or deliberative body of certain British universities or US colleges. M18.
Comb.: senate house a house or building in which a senate, esp. that of a university or college, meets.