senate

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
2. A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
3. In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.

Έννοιες

γερουσία

σύγκλητος

Συνώνυμα

parliament

council

legislature

House of Representatives

Senate

congress

caucus

assembly

society

diet

Congress

academy

Μεταφράσεις

senado

senato

sénat

Senat

senat

senado

senaat

senatus

senato

consiglio federale

consiglio accademico

senato

مجْلِس أعْلى

مجْلِس الشِيُوخ

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɛnɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: senat

In summary

From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of Senedd.