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pretorian
(encz) | Pretorian, |
Pretorian
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, n.
A soldier of the pretorian guard.
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Pretorian
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F.
pr['e]torien.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial;
exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power
or authority.
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Pretorian bands or Pretorian guards, or Pretorians
(Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the
Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in
a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C.
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pretorian
(wn) | pretorian
adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
[syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian,
pretorial]
2: characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in
the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political
venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with
ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes
trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. [syn: Praetorian,
Pretorian] |
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pretorian
(encz) | Pretorian, |
Pretorian bands
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F.
pr['e]torien.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial;
exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power
or authority.
[1913 Webster]
Pretorian bands or Pretorian guards, or Pretorians
(Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the
Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in
a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C.
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Pretorian gate
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F.
pr['e]torien.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial;
exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power
or authority.
[1913 Webster]
Pretorian bands or Pretorian guards, or Pretorians
(Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the
Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in
a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster] |
Pretorian guards
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F.
pr['e]torien.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial;
exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power
or authority.
[1913 Webster]
Pretorian bands or Pretorian guards, or Pretorians
(Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the
Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in
a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster] |
Pretorians
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F.
pr['e]torien.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial;
exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power
or authority.
[1913 Webster]
Pretorian bands or Pretorian guards, or Pretorians
(Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the
Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in
a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster] |
pretorian
(wn) | pretorian
adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
[syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian,
pretorial]
2: characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in
the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political
venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with
ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes
trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. [syn: Praetorian,
Pretorian] |
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