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senatorian

senatorian adjective: senatorial.

Adjective

senatorian (not comparable)

  1. senatorial
    • If a man of senatorian rank should marry a woman of libertine condition, she would not be his wife while he retained his dignity, but she would nevertheless be in a condition to become his wife, if he should lose it.1826, Hector Davies Morgan, The doctrine and law of marriage, adultery, and divorce, page 219
    • within the senatorian jurisdiction, these governors, with the title of Proconsuls, were to have no military power whatsoever1832-1834, Thomas De Quincey, "The Caesars", in Blackwood's Magazine

Origin of senatorian

From Latin senātōrius + -an. By surface analysis, senator + -ian.

Questions about senatorian

What does senatorian mean?
Senatorian means senatorial.
What part of speech is senatorian?
Senatorian is an adjective.

Words near senatorian in the dictionary

  1. senatoriable
  2. senatoriables
  3. senatorial
  4. senatorial courtesy
  5. senatorially
  6. senatorian
  7. senatories
  8. senators
  9. senatorship
  10. senatorships
  11. senatory

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