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senatorial Definition

sena·to·rial (sen′ə tôr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. of or suitable for a senator or a senate
  2. composed of senators

Etymology: < L senatorius (< senator) + -ial

senatorial Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • rank: The post would normally have been held by a legatus, of senatorial rank.
  • election: The Senatorial elections held in November 2005 were won by the ruling ZANU-PF despite a very low turnout.
  • candidate: The DSCC, run by Clinton's fellow New York Senator Chuck Schumer, raises funds for senatorial candidates throughout the country.
  • party: They had made common cause first with the popular and then with the senatorial party, and gained equally little by either.
  • family: His father came from an old senatorial family and was the Prefect of Gaul.
  • order: It defined the conduct which would result in expulsion from the senatorial order and had an incidental significance.