Senate - "an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.” From the Latin noun senatus meaning “Senate,” which itself derives from the Latin adjective (or substantive noun) senex meaning “old” (or “old man”). (All information is from
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RELATED WORDS/PHRASES – senile, Senator, senior, senescent
SAMPLE SENTENCE - “The Roman Senate was an august body of government that pre-figured some of the important institutions of Western Civilization.”
GUESS THE APHORISM: Revenge is a dish... (scroll for answer)
A: ...best served cold.