Definition of Senates
1. senate [n] - See also: senate
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Literary usage of Senates
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1. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1896)
"Section I.—Origin of the New England senates. If the facts here set forth have
been correctly apprehended, the State senates of New England did not ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... orders:—Holy Ghost Fathers, 10; Benedictines, 2; Augustinian, 1; Jesuits, 5;
Fathers of the Holy Cross, 10; Redemptorists, 2; Carmelite, 1; senates, 2; ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"n -. Prior. 16. To be fixed or suspended with attention. 17. To liave a steep
declivity. Though wond'rmg senates ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Belfast and Dublin Universities—senates. MR. MASSIE (Wiltshire, Cricklade) : To
ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland whether, ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. by Edward Gibbon (1821)
"From Constantinople, the attention of the monarch was extended to the municipal
senates of provinces. He abolished, by repeated edicts, the unjust and ..."
6. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1916)
"The origin of the senate is to be found in the governor's council of Origin of
colonial times, just as the House of the senates Lords is descended from the ..."
7. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"... the first consul representing the president of the United States; while the
senates, instead of being permanent, arc summoned or dismissed at his will, ..."
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