Definition of senate

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Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority..

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Senate :: Senate (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government..
Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
Prorector :: Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.
Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc..
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate..
Senate :: Senate (n.) In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students..
Conferee :: Conferee (n.) One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate..
Sulpharsenic :: Sulpharsenate (n.) A salt of sulpharsenic acid.
Confirm :: Confirm (v. t.) To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty..
Tribune :: Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls..
Arseniate :: Arseniate (n.) See Arsenate.
Honorable :: Honorable (a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman..
Senatorial :: Senatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as, senatorial duties; senatorial dignity..
Arsenate :: Arsenate (n.) A salt of arsenic acid.
Plebiscitum :: Plebiscitum (n.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate..
Senate :: Senate (n.) An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.
Pharmacolite :: Pharmacolite (n.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color..
Pyroarsenate :: Pyroarsenate (n.) A salt of pyroarsenic acid.
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate..
Senatusconsult :: Senatusconsult (n.) A decree of the Roman senate.
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