senate

/หˆsษ›nษ™t/

IPA: /S EH1 N AH0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

  2. 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.

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