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senatorship

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[sen-uh-ter-ship] / ˈsɛn ə tərˌʃɪp /

noun

senatorships plural
  1. the position or tenure of a senator; the fact or state of being a senator.


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John A. Earl, candidate for a state senatorship, guarded against hocus-pocus at the drawing for positions on the primary ballot by taking along a magician as a watcher.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the senatorship, he wanted a man with a war record to match Gordon Browning's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Freshly out of uniform, with a bright Army record behind him, big, tough Mr. Browning might run either for the senatorship or for the governorship.

From Time Magazine Archive

He soon got serious, and the Jaycees recently awarded him the organization's highest individual honor, an "international senatorship."

From Time Magazine Archive

The new land held forth enticing political promises, it was soon to become a state and a senatorship was a fair prospect.

From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron

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