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Webster 1913 Edition


Senatorian

Senˊa-to′ri-an

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Adj.
Senatorial.
[R.]
De Quincey.

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senatorian

senatorian

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Adjective

senatorian (not comparable)

  1. senatorial
    • 1826, Hector Davies Morgan, The doctrine and law of marriage, adultery, and divorce (page 219)
      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.
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