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Senate vs Abbey - What's the difference?

senate | abbey |

As proper nouns the difference between senate and abbey

is that senate is any of several legislative bodies while abbey is .

senate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
  • A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.
  • * 1818 , ,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,
    • Before the Tyrant's throne
    All night his aged Senate sate.

    Related terms

    * senator * senatorial * senatus * senescent * senile * senior

    References

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    abbey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
  • A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
    • From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.
  • The church of a monastery.
  • (UK) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
  • (capitalized) In London, the Abbey is short for Westminster Abbey, and in Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.

    • Related terms

    * abbeystead * archabbey * archabbot

    See also

    * cloister * convent * friary * monastery * nunnery * priory

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