Толковый словарь английского языка - senate

noun see: senior Date: 13th century an assembly or council usually possessing high deliberative and legislative functions: as, the supreme council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, the second chamber in the bicameral legislature of a major political unit (as a nation, state, or province), the hall or chamber in which a ~ meets, a governing body of some universities charged with maintaining academic standards and regulations and usually composed of the principal or representative members of the faculty