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  1. The Roman `council of elders'. Originally
  2. consisting of the heads of patrician
  3. families, it was recruited from
  4. ex-magistrates and persons who had rendered
  5. notable public service, but was periodically
  6. purged by the censors. Although nominally
  7. advisory, it controlled finance and foreign
  8. policy. The US Senate consists of 100
  9. members, two from each state, elected for a
  10. six-year term. The term also refers to the
  11. upper house of the Canadian parliament and to
  12. the upper chambers of Italy and France. It is
  13. also given to the governing bodies in some
  14. universities.
  15.