Middle English Dictionary Entry
senẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | senẹ̄ n.(2) |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Roman Senate.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3311 : Sire Procenna..speke vnto þe senatours..Þe Sene seide þey were affrayed.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)6215 : At Rome was þenne an Emperour..Maxencius..Þe ordre of þer sene abated he & reft hem þeir dignite.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)168/34 : Hit was cried in the Sene of the Senatoures of Rome..'No man is..bettyr than Traiane.'