[sen-it] 
| 1. | an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, esp. a legislative assembly of a state or nation. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) the upper house of the legislature of certain countries, as the United States, France, Italy, Canada, Ireland, Republic of South Africa, Australia, and some Latin American countries. |
| 3. | the room or building in which such a group meets. |
| 4. | Roman History. the supreme council of state, the membership and functions of which varied at different periods. |
| 5. | a governing, advisory, or disciplinary body, as in certain universities. |
| sen·ate (sěn'ĭt) n.
[Middle English senat, from Old French, from Latin senātus, from senex, sen-, old, an elder; see sen- in Indo-European roots.] |
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