senate

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛnɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.

Synonyms

parliament

council

legislature

House of Representatives

Senate

congress

caucus

assembly

society

diet

Congress

academy

Translations

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γερουσία

senaat

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σύγκλητος

consiglio accademico

consiglio federale

curia