Senate
The English word “Senate” has 6 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
- The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
- The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
- The United States Senate.
- The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
- The upper house of the Philippine Congress.
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