senate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English senat < Old French senat < Latin senātus (“‘council of elderes; a senate’”) < senex (“‘old’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP, UA) IPA: /ˈsɛnɪt/, /ˈsɛnət/
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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪt

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• synod (in some American dialects, [ˈsɪnət̚])

[edit] Noun

senate (plural senates)

1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
2. 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.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,

     Before the Tyrant's throne

     All night his aged Senate sate.

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[edit] References

• senate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “senate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aeenst
• sateen