Usually means: Legislative bodies in various governments.
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  1. senates: Merriam-Webster
  2. senates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Senates, senates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Senate's, Senates, Senates, senate's, senates: Wordnik
  5. senates: Wiktionary
  6. Senates: Dictionary.com
  7. senates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. senates: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. senates: Legal dictionary

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  1. senates: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Senate)

noun:  In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
noun:  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.
noun:  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.
noun:  Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
noun:  (historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
noun:  (Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
noun:  (US) The United States Senate.
noun:  (US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
noun:  (Philippines) The upper house of the Philippine Congress.
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