senatus consultum

American  

[se-nah-toos kawn-sool-toom, suh-ney-tuhs kuhn-suhl-tuhm] / sɛˈnɑ tʊs kɔnˈsʊl tʊm, səˈneɪ təs kənˈsʌl təm /

noun

Latin.

plural

senatus consulta

1. a decree of the senate of ancient Rome.

---

senatus consultum British  

/ səˈnɑːtəs kənˈsʊltəm /

noun

1. a decree of the Senate of ancient Rome, taking the form of advice to a magistrate

---

Example Sentences

Later, ratification was granted according to ancestral precedent to the resolution in question, and the latter obtained the name of senatus consultum.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

The decree of the senate, which usually preceded the nomination of this magistrate, "dent operam consules, nequid respublica detrimenti capiat," was called the senatus consultum ultimae necessitatis.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

Within three days a senatus consultum was ready recommending the desired change to another plebiscite.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

Moreover, nothing in Roman history indicates that to the validity of a senatus consultum it was necessary to count the vacant domains of the sacred territory.

From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Brownson, Orestes Augustus

The election of a magistrate, or the passing of a law, though made on the ground of a senatus consultum, yet required the sanction of the curiae.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John