senate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
senate/ˈsenət/
▶noun
- 1 the smaller upper assembly in the US, US states, France, and other countries.
■ the governing body of a university or college.
- 2 the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire.
– origin ME: from OFr. senat, from L. senatus, from senex ‘old man’.
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