SENARY, sen'ar-i, _adj._ containing six: of or belonging to six.--_n._
SEN[=A]'RIUS, in Latin prosody, a verse of six feet. [L.
_senarius_--_seni_, six each--_sex_, six.]
SENATE, sen'[=a]t, _n._ a legislative or deliberative body, esp. the upper
house of a national legislature, as of France, the United States, &c.: a
body of venerable or distinguished persons: the governing body of the
University of Cambridge.--_ns._ SEN'ATE-HOUSE, a house in which a senate
meets; SEN'ATOR, a member of a senate: in Scotland, the lords of session
are called SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE.--_adj._ SENAT[=O]'RIAL,
pertaining to, or becoming, a senate or a senator.--_adv._
SENAT[=O]'RIALLY, with senatorial dignity.--_ns._ SEN'ATORSHIP;
SEN[=A]'TUS, a governing body in certain universities.--SEN[=A]TUS
ACADEMICUS, the governing body of a Scotch university, consisting of the
principal and professors; SEN[=A]TUS CONSULT, a decree of the senate of
ancient Rome. [L. _senatus_--_senex_, _senis_, an old man.]
SENCE, sens, _n._ an obsolete form of sense.
SENCH, sensh, _v.t._ to cause to sink.