Senatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Senatory is a noun meaning The office of, or landed estate granted to, a senator, especially in France under the consulate and First French Empire.
Meaning
The office of, or landed estate granted to, a senator, especially in France under the consulate and First French Empire.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Senatorial.
Example Sentences
[…] affirmed, that by senatory authority […]
The name is a Latin one, and is often a person of figure at Rome, and of the senatory order, I mentioned by Martial the poet.
[…] than their publick good, which inclineth towards an Oligarchy, or the Government of the Richer or Nobler sort, as in Rome towards the […] Aristocracy, or Senatory state,
Made a Senator, he received the senatory of Aix. Another "Jacobin," the Senator Monge, was given the senatory of Liège. Démeunier exhibited signs of independence; he was given the senatory of Toulouse.
Word Forms
- senatories
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include senatour, seneschalship, seneschalty, secretariat, senator, consularity.
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