different between senatorial vs senate

English

Etymology

French sénatorial or Latin senatorius, equivalent to senator +? -ial.

Adjective

senatorial (comparative more senatorial, superlative most senatorial)

1. Relating to a senator.
2. Relating to a senate.

   The senatorial investigation involved subpoenas and testimony before Congress and, of course, went nowhere.

3. (US) Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators.

   the senatorial districts of a State

Translations

Anagrams

• alienators, rationales

Romanian

Etymology

From French sénatorial

Adjective

senatorial m or n (feminine singular senatorial?, masculine plural senatoriali, feminine and neuter plural senatoriale)

1. senatorial

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

senatorial (plural senatoriales)

1. senatorial

English

Etymology

From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin sen?tus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?s?n?t/, /?s?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?n?t

Noun

senate (plural senates)

1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
2. A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,

     Before the Tyrant's throne

     All night his aged Senate sate.

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References

• senate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “senate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Santee, atenes, enates, ensate, sateen, tenase