senates

Noun

senate (plural senates)

1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
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.
   • Before the Tyrant's throne
     All night his aged Senate sate.1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9
3. In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.

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