seniority (senior it i)

[ Mr. Treat all, upon the serving up of the supper, desired the ladies to take their places according to their different age and seniority, for that it was the way always at his table to pay respect to years. Add is on , Trial of Ladies' Quarrels. 2. Priority in office or service: as, the seniority of a surgeon or a chaplain.-3. A body of seniors or elders; an a embly or court consisting of the senior fellows of a college. The Duke Satt in Seynt Markes Churche in ryght hys a state in the Qwer on the ryght syd with senyoryte, which they call lords, in Riche aparell, as purpyll velvet, cremsyn velvet, ffyne Scarlett. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 14. The dons... regarded the matter in so serious a light that they summoned a seniority for its immediate invest i Farrar , Julian Home, xxiii. gation. seniorizet (sē'nior-iz), v. i. [ as seniority. If ancient sorrow be most reverend, Give mine the benefit of seniory. senile (sē'nil), a. [OF. senile, F. sénile = Pr. Sp. Pg. senil It. senile , senilis , of or be- longing to an old man or old age, senex ( sen- ), old, an old man: see senate , senior .] Of, per- taining to, or characteristic of old age; prosenium (sē'ni-um), n. ceeding from age; especially, pertaining to or proceeding from the weakne es that usually attend old age: as, senile garrulity; senile petu- lance. Maudsley, Mind, XII. 508. Senile atrophy, the emaciation of old age. - Senile atrophy of bones, wide-spread lacunar resorption of bone incident to old age. Senile bronchitis, the subacute or chronic bronchitis of old people. - Senile dementia. See dementia.- Senile involution, the shrinking or shriveling up of the body or any organ in aged people. - Senile tremor, the shaking movement or tremor seen in old persons.