Meanings
- not comparablesenatorial
1832-1834, Thomas De Quincey, "The Caesars", in Blackwood's Magazine within the senatorian jurisdiction, these governors, with the title of Proconsuls, were to have no military power whatsoever
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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
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Origin
From Latin senātōrius + -an. By surface analysis, senator + -ian.
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senatorian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senatorian
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