senate house

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senate house - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Senate \Sen"ate\, n. [OE. senat, F. s['e]nat, fr. L. senatus,
     fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]
     1. An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and
        legislative functions. Specifically:
        (a) (Anc. Rom.) A body of elders appointed or elected from
            among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme
            legislative authority.
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                  The senate was thus the medium through which all
                  affairs of the whole government had to pass.
                                                    --Dr. W.
                                                    Smith.
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        (b) 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.
        (c) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the
            legislative department of government.
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     2. The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and
        London. [Eng.]
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     3. 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. [U. S.]
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     Senate chamber, a room where a senate meets when it
        transacts business.
  
     Senate house, a house where a senate meets when it
        transacts business.
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