Associations to the word «Senate»

Wiktionary

SENATE, noun. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
SENATE, noun. 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 and male.
SENATE, proper noun. Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
SENATE, proper noun. (historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
SENATE, proper noun. (Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
SENATE, proper noun. (US) The United States Senate, "the Senate".
SENATE, proper noun. (US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.

Dictionary definition

SENATE, noun. Assembly possessing high legislative powers.
SENATE, noun. The upper house of the United States Congress.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne