See Also: senatorial(dictionary)

senatorial (iou)



senatorial adjective. M18.
[from Latin senatorius, from senator SENATOR + -AL1. Cf. French senatorial.]
Of or pertaining to a senator or senators; characteristic of or befitting a senator; consisting of senators; transf. dignified, grave. M18.
senatorial order Hist. the highest of the three ranks of citizens in the later Roman republic.
Of a district: entitled to elect a senator. US. L18.
Hist. Of a province under imperial Rome: administered by the senate rather than the emperor. M19.
senatorially adverb M18.