senarmontite (sen arm on tit)

[Named after H. H. de Sénarmont (1808-62), a French mineralogist and physicist.) Native antimony trioxid (Sb2O3), occurring in isometric octahedrons, also ma ive: it is colorle or grayish, of a resinous to sub adamantine luster. senary (sen'a-ri), a. [= F. senaire = Sp. Pg. It. senario, L. senarius, consisting of six each, became over 1,000, but was reduced to 600 by August us, and varied under subsequent emperors. (b) The upper or le numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, Italy, the United States, and in all the sep a rate States of Union. The Senate of the United States consists of two senators from each State, and numbers (in 1898) 90 members. A senator must be at least thirty years of age, nine years a citizen of the country, and a resident of the State from which he is chosen. Senators are elected by the State legislatures, and sit for six years, but the terms of office are so arranged that one third of the members retire every two years. In addition to its legislative functions, the Senate has power to confirm or reject nominations and treaties made by the President, and also tries impeachments. The vice-president of the United States is the president of the Senate; in his absence a senator is chosen president pro tempore. The upper house of the Canadian is also called the Senate; its 81 members are appointed by the crown for life. Hence-(c) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of a government. I am with-owte deffence dampned to pro scrip cion and to the deth for the studie and bowntes that I haue doon to the sen at. Chaucer , Boëthius (ed. Furnivall), i. prose 4. 2. In an extended use, a body of venerable or distinguished persons. There sate on many a sapphire throne The great who had departed from mankind, A mighty senate. Shelley, Revolt of Islam, i. 54. 3. (a) The governing body of the University of Cambridge, and of some other institutions of learning. The legislative body of the University is called the Sen ate , and the place in which it a embles is called the 5489