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Senate
A
Senate
is a
deliberative assembly
, often the
upper house
or chamber of a
bicameral
legislature
or
parliament
. The name comes from the
ancient
Roman Senate
(Latin:
Senatus
), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin:
senex
meaning "the elder" or "the old one") and therefore allegedly wiser and more experienced members of the
society
or
ruling class
.
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