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senate
[ sen-it ]
noun
- an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- (initial capital letter) the upper house of the legislature of certain countries, as the United States, France, Italy, Canada, Ireland, Republic of South Africa, Australia, and some Latin American countries.
- the room or building in which such a group meets.
- Roman History. the supreme council of state, the membership and functions of which varied at different periods.
- a governing, advisory, or disciplinary body, as in certain universities.
senate
1/ 藞蝉蓻苍瑟迟 /
noun
- any legislative or governing body considered to resemble a Senate
- the main governing body at some colleges and universities
Senate
2/ 藞蝉蓻苍瑟迟 /
noun
- the upper chamber of the legislatures of the US, Canada, Australia, and many other countries
- 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
- the ruling body of certain free cities in medieval and modern Europe
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of senate1
Example Sentences
He brought former government figures, opponents and prominent hitherto critical civil society voices into the power structure or institutions such as the appointed senate.
After she was suspended, two groups of protesters gathered near parliament in the capital, Abuja - one backing the senate president and the other in support of his colleague, chanting ''Akpabio must go''.
She further alleged that Akpabio had, on a separate occasion, insinuated that she should "take care of him" if she wanted her motions to receive favourable consideration in the senate.
Even in the notoriously conservative senate only four opposed the law.
The bill cleared the state senate but died in the assembly; Becker withdrew the bill once he realized it would not pass.
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