Senate
Senate noun - Assembly possessing high legislative powers.
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Synonyms for Senate
Upper house and senate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upper house" instead a noun "Senate".
Nearby Words: senator, senatorial
Upper house
Senate and upper house are semantically related. You can use "Senate" instead a noun phrase "Upper house".
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Tasmania is also different, the lower house is elected like the senate while the upper house is elected like the house of representatives.
- The party currently holds one Senate seat in the federal Parliament, and two seats in the South Australian upper house.
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The representation of each state in the "lower house" of Congress, the House of Representatives, is according to the population of each state, but in the "upper house," the Senate, each state has exactly two members (no matter how heavily or sparsely populated).
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