| 词汇 | senate |
| 词源 | senate. The legislature in ancient Rome consisted of the popu- lar assembly and another group of wise men who were always in their advanced years, because only old men were considered to be truly wise. The latter group was called the senatus, or “council of old men,” in Latin, this word yielding our word senate. |
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