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參議院議廳,評議員辦公室
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Senate \Sen"ate\, n. [OE. senat, F. s['e]nat, fr. L. senatus,
fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See {Senior}, {Sir}.]
1. An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and
legislative functions. Specifically:
(a) (Anc. Rom.) A body of elders appointed or elected from
among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme
legislative authority.
The senate was thus the medium through which all
affairs of the whole government had to pass.
--Dr. W.
Smith.
(b) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in
various countries, as in France, in the United States,
in most of the separate States of the United States,
and in some Swiss cantons.
(c) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the
legislative department of government.
2. The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and
London. [Eng.]
3. In some American colleges, a council of elected students,
presided over by the president of the college, to which
are referred cases of discipline and matters of general
concern affecting the students. [U. S.]
{Senate chamber}, a room where a senate meets when it
transacts business.
{Senate house}, a house where a senate meets when it
transacts business.