the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate.
adj. Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to a senate or senators; appropriate to a senator; consisting of senators: as, a senatorial robe; senatorial eloquence.
[capitalized] Entitled to elect a Senator: as, a Senatorial district.
Controlled by a senate.
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adj. of or relating to senators
Word Usage
"By 1913, more than half of the states had already adopted mechanisms that effectively bound state legislators to the voters’ choice, and it’s hard to imagine their 21st century counterparts ignoring the people’s will in senatorial selection."