Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
senatorial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Senatorial.
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- adjective
senatorial
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Examples
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But if a man only intending to make a display at a banquet and to show that he is acquainted with hypothetical arguments reads them and attends the philosophers, what other object has he than that some man of senatorian rank who sits by him may admire?
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EULOGIUS was of a senatorian family of Cordova, at that time the capital of the Moors or Saracens, in Spain.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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He condemned some men of the first rank in the senatorian and equestrian orders, upon a very slight suspicion, and without trial.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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But a war being now unavoidable, and the generals and troops sent forward by Vitellius, advancing, he had a proof of the attachment and fidelity of the pretorian guards, which had nearly proved fatal to the senatorian order.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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He condemned several men of the senatorian and equestrian orders, upon the Scantinian law [813].
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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FABIUS CLAUDIUS GORDIANUS FULGENTIUS was the descendant of a noble senatorian family of Carthage: but much decayed in its splendor by the invasion of the Vandals.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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ALCIMUS ECDITIUS AVITUS was of a senatorian Roman family, but born in Auvergne.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Messala, we are told by Tacitus, before he had attained the senatorian age, acquired great fame by pleading the cause of his profligate brother with extraordinary eloquence, and family affection.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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THIS saint was a Cilician, of a senatorian family in Anazarbus, and a minister of the gospel.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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After assuming the manly habit, he had a long time a distaste for the senatorian toga, though his brother had obtained it; nor could he be persuaded by any one but his mother to sue for that badge of honour.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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