Definition of senate

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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..

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Senator :: Senator (n.) A member of a senate.
Equites :: Equites (n. pl) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
Conferee :: Conferee (n.) One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate..
Senatorial :: Senatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as, senatorial duties; senatorial dignity..
Senate :: Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons..
Pedarian :: Pedarian (n.) One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; -- so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken..
Curia :: Curia (n.) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.
Senatusconsult :: Senatusconsult (n.) A decree of the Roman senate.
Arseniate :: Arseniate (n.) See Arsenate.
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc..
Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber..
Prorector :: Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.
Senate :: Senate (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government..
Senate :: Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority..
Able :: Able (superl.) Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech..
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..
Prytany :: Prytany (n.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
Order :: Order (n.) That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate..
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