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[ sen-uh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ] / ˌsɛn əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR senatorial ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory. consisting of senators. Origin of senatorial1730–40; <Latin senātōri(us) (see senator, -tory1) + -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM senatorialsen·a·to·ri·al·ly, adverbnon·sen·a·to·ri·al, adjectiveWords nearby senatorialsenarmontite, senary, senate, Senate, United States, senator, senatorial, senatorial courtesy, senatorial district, senatus consultum, send, Sendai Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for senatorialRepublican senatorial candidate Terri Lynn Land is losing in Michigan. The (Sloppy) Swift-Boating of Michigan Democrat Gary Peters|Tim Mak|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Insiders suggest it could take up to three fiscal years and a senatorial act to overhaul the current clearance system. How Did He Get Clearance?|Miranda Green|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST McCain and the boys will likely support him quickly and painlessly as a matter of senatorial esprit de corps! Susan Rice Should Not Have Caved in to Senatorial Opposition|Sophia A. Nelson|December 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST She'd place a senatorial hold on a potential cabinet nominee? A Hold on Rice's Nomination??|Michael Tomasky|November 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday, the Republicans suffered resounding defeats in the Presidential and Senatorial arenas. Republicans: Check Your Premises||November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST The whim of the senatorial candidate in choosing him for a companion he did not then try to account for. The Crisis, Complete|Winston Churchill Upon Csar's return from Rome the young general found Pompey still further alienated from the senatorial party. The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis He was an opponent of the Albany Regency during his senatorial career. A Century in the Comptroller's Office, State of New York, 1797 to 1897|James A. Roberts We couldn't even secure your nomination, much less a senatorial majority for confirmation. Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty|J. W. de Forest The audacity with which he claimed the obedience of these men to the senatorial decree overawed them. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte|John Gibson Lockhart
British Dictionary definitions for senatorial
adjectiveof, relating to, befitting, or characteristic of a senator composed of senators mainly US electing or entitled to representation by a senatorsenatorial districts Derived forms of senatorialsenatorially, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to senatorialparliamentary, congressional, stylistic, decreeing, enacting, jurisdictive, lawgiving, legislatorial, nomistic, nomothetic, ordaining, parliamentarian, synodical, bombastic, declamatory, dramatic, elaborate, eloquent, expressive, fervid |