‖ senatus
(sɪˈneɪtəs, -ˈnɑː-)
[L.: see senate.]
The title given to the governing body in certain universities. More explicitly senatus academicus: see senate 2.
| 1835 Malden Orig. Universities 165 The government of the university [of Glasgow] is administered by the senatus academicus. 1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 26/1 The senatus [of Leyden University]..employs a set of travellers to gather rare specimens from Africa. 1845 M{supc}Culloch Brit. Emp. (1854) II. 367 [In Scotch universities] The superintendence of their respective professors, and of the Senatus, does not extend farther. |