senate

  • 21Senate — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. legislative body, United States Senate, State legislature, the lawgivers, upper branch of Congress, the Upper House; see also legislature …

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  • 22Senate —    Advisory and ceremonial body in Rome (q.v.) that Constantine I duplicated in Constantinople (qq.v.) and which continued to exist until the end of Byzantium (q.v.). Occasionally its actions were significant, as in the accession of Anastasios I… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 23senate — noun 1 (singular) one of the two parts of the government that has the power to make laws, in countries such as the US, Australia, and France, which is smaller than the other part but has a higher rank: The Senate may veto this year s spending… …

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  • 24Senate — noun 1 (singular) one of the two parts of the government that has the power to make laws, in countries such as the US, Australia, and France, which is smaller than the other part but has a higher rank: The Senate may veto this year s spending… …

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  • 25senate — [ˈsenət] noun 1) [C] the more senior part of a law making institution that has two parts 2) the Senate the more senior part of the US Congress …

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  • 26senate — [13] The Roman senate was etymologically an assembly of ‘elders’. Latin senātus was a derivative of senex ‘old’, which has also given English senile, senior, sir, etc. English acquired the word via Old French senat. Senator [13] comes from the… …

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  • 27Senate Properties — Finnish: Senaatti kiinteistöt Swedish: Senatfastigheter Type Liikelaitos[1] (≈ un …

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  • 28Senate Reports of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq pertaining to Joseph C. Wilson's Niger trip — concerns the reports published in 2004 and 2007 that were prepared by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence entitled Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community s Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq, Together with Additional …

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  • 29Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic — Senát Parlamentu České republiky Type …

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  • 30Senate of Chile — Senado de la República de Chile Type Type Upper House Leadership President of the Senate Guido Girardi, PPD since March 15, 2011 …

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