Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Senatorium a place in some churches where are the seats appropriated to the use of emperors, kings, magistrates, and other persons of distinction. Some think that it is so called because the bishop and presbyters, who form the senate of the church, were seated there. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Senate, Senators The ‘assembly of the elders, priests,’ etc. Psa 105:22; Act 5:21. See SANHEDRIN. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Senate, Senator senat, sena-ter: In Psa 105:22, teach his senators (the Revised Version (British and American) elders) wisdom. The Hebrew is , zaken, elder Septuagint , presbuteroi). In Act 5:21, called the council together and all the senate of the children of Israel. The Greek , gerousa, is here evidently used as a more precise … Continue reading “Senate, Senator”

SENATE Mal 5:21 . See SANHEDRIN. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Senate See Sanhedrin. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Senate (, eldership, used by classical writers for a deliberative or legislative body, and by the Sept. for the collective mass of the Jewish elders, and later for the Sanhedrim) is used once in … Continue reading “Senate”

Senan, Saint Bishop and confessor, b. at Magh Lacha, Kilrush, Co. Clare, c. 488; d. 1 March, 560, his parents being Erean and Comgella. His birth was prophetically announced by St. Patrick on his visit to the Hy Fidhgent (Co. Limerick), and as a boy he was placed under the guidance of a saintly abbot … Continue reading “Senan, Saint”

Senagen in Hindu mythology, is a king belonging to the race of Children of the Sun, who is connected with the fables relating to the tyrant of Ceylon (Lanka), the noted Ravana, and consequently with the story of Rama. Ravana having demanded a vessel filled with blood from certain holy devotees, it was afterwards buried … Continue reading “Senagen”

Senaah [some Sena’ah] (Heb. Senaah’, , thorny; Sept. , , ,’etc.), the name of a man (B.C. ante 445) whose descendants, or (more probably), if a town (but none like it is elsewhere mentioned), whose inhabitants (given in various numbers, all apparently exaggerated by erroneous transcription) returned from Babylon (Ezr 2:35; Neh 7:38) and rebuilt … Continue reading “Senaah”

Sena Panthis a Hindu sect which was established by Sena, the third of the disciples of Ramanand, but is now almost, if not quite, extinct. For some time, however, Sena and his descendants were the family gurus of the rajah of Bandoogur, and from that circumstance enjoyed considerable authority and reputation. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Sena Panthis”

Sen, Keshub Chunder one of the chief priests of the Brahma Somaj (q.v.), was born in India. The sect of which he was a leader was formed in 1830 by Rammohun Roy. In 1859 Keshub Chunder Sen gave a new impulse to the sect by his remarkable ability and enthusiasm. He effected the separation of … Continue reading “Sen, Keshub Chunder”

Sempringham, Gilbert of, Saint Confessor, founder of the Order of Gilbertines , born Sempringham, England , c.1083; died there, 1189. He was the first “Master” of his order, and erected a convent for his nuns at Sempringham. Canonized , 1202 . Relics at Sempringham. Feast , 11 February . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary