senage (age as ig)

[First element doubtful; suff.-age. Law: Money paid for synodals. sen-ar-mon-tite, s. [After the mineralogist, H. de Senarmont, who first described it; suff. -ite ( Min.).]. Min.: An isometric mineral, occurring in octahedrons with octahedral cleavage, also granular, ma ive. Hardne , 2-2.5; specific gravity, 5225'3; luster, resinous to sub-adamantine; colorle or grayish; streak, white. Composition: Oxygen, 16.44; antimony, 83.56=100, equal to the formula, SbO3. Results principally from the decomposition of stibnite, the finest and largest crystals being found in Algeria. sen-ar-ỹ, adj. [Lat. senarius, from sen i =six each, sex six.] Of six; belonging to six; containing six. "The senary of the number six has a double reference, the one to this particular day's work, the other to the whole creation." - More : Defence of Phil. Cabbala , ch. i. sen-ate, *sen-at, subst . [Fr. sénat , from Lat. senatum , acc us, of senatus =a council of elders, from senex (gen it. sen is ) = an old mau; Sp. sena do ; Ital. sena to .] 1. An a embly or council of elders; an a embly or council of citizens invested with a share in the government. (1) In ancient Rome, a body or council of elders, appointed or elected from among citizens of free birth, and entrusted with the supreme legislative power. To it belonged exclusively the administration of foreign affairs, and of the exchequer. It also exercised a general superintendence over er the religion of the state. It could not meet unle sum moned by a magistrate. The number of the mem bers varied at different times. (2) The upper house or branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, the United States, Canada, and in some of the Swi cantons. (3) Hence, a legislative body generally; a state council; the legislative department of a government. "While listening senates hang upon thy tongue." Thomson: Autumn, 15, 2. The governing body of the Universities of Cam bridge and London, and of some American Univer sities. senate-chamber, subst. The chamber or hall in which a senate meets. senate-house, subst. A house in which a senate meets; a place of public council. "The nobles, in great earnestne , are going All to the senate-house." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iv. 6. senatorian tsen-a-tör-I-an, *sen-a-tör-I-ous, a. [Latin senator i us, from senator =a senator.] Senatorial. "Raising it from the equestrian to the senatorian rank." -Middle ton: Life of Cicero, vol. i., § 1.