[ˈsɛnɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the smaller upper assembly in the US, US states, France, and other countries
(e.g: the senate must ratify any treaty with a two-thirds majority)

- the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French senat, from Latin senatus, from senex ‘old man’