Wednesday, January 16, 2013

senate, sennet

Senate or senate means an assembly or legislature--
He is campaigning for a seat in the senate.
He isn't old enough to serve in the senate.

Sennet or sennet ( rhymes with senate ) means a trumpet or horn flourish, used as an introduction--
We need a trumpet player for the sennet announcing the king's entrance.
The duke's every entrance and exit will be marked by a sennet.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"A sennet will mark the entrance of Caesar into the senate."

Note--"sennit" ( rhymes with senate ) means a flat braided rope used on a ship--
He wove a length of sennit to use on his boat.
Note # 2--"senate" is capitalized when it is used as part of a proper name--
The United States Senate is made up of two senators from each state.
"Senate" may be capitalized when it is used as a substitute for the proper name--
The Senate will be in voting on the bill this morning.
"Senate" is not capitalized when used as a "generic" term--
Not every state has a senate.

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