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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.
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The meaning of SENATE is an assembly or council usually possessing high deliberative and legislative functions. How to use senate in a sentence.
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
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. (Definition of senate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
When a government is split into two houses, or assemblies, one of them — the "upper house" — is called a senate. The main job of most senates is to take a second look at legislation after it's been passed by the lower house.
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.
n. 1. Abbr. Sen. An assembly or a council of citizens having the highest deliberative and legislative functions in a government, specifically: a. Senate The upper house of the US Congress, to which two members are elected from each state by popular vote for a six-year term.
1. the upper chamber of the legislatures of the US, Canada, Australia, and many other countries. 2. the legislative council of ancient Rome. Originally the council of the kings, the Senate became the highest legislative, judicial, and religious authority in republican Rome. 3. the ruling body of certain free cities in medieval and modern Europe.
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.
The meaning of THE SENATE is the smaller group of the two groups of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country, state, etc.; especially : the smaller group of the two groups that form the U.S. Congress —often used before another noun. How to use the Senate in a sentence.
