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pretor
(encz) | pretor, n: |
Pretor
(gcide) | Pretor \Pre"tor\, n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to
go before; prae before + ire to go. See Issue.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the
ancient Romans.
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Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but
at an early period two pretors were appointed, the
first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or
city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge
of cases in which one or both of the parties were
foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or
judges, was further increased.
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2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.] --Dryden.
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pretor
(wn) | pretor
n 1: an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman
Republic [syn: praetor, pretor] |
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pretoria
(encz) | Pretoria,hl.m. - Republika Jižní Afrika n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
pretorial
(encz) | pretorial, adj: |
pretorian
(encz) | Pretorian, |
pretorium
(encz) | pretorium, n: |
pretorián
(czen) | pretorián,praetoriann: [hist.] Petr Prášek |
pretoriánský
(czen) | pretoriánský,praetorianadj: [hist.] Petr Prášek |
Pretor
(gcide) | Pretor \Pre"tor\, n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to
go before; prae before + ire to go. See Issue.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the
ancient Romans.
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Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but
at an early period two pretors were appointed, the
first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or
city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge
of cases in which one or both of the parties were
foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or
judges, was further increased.
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2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.] --Dryden.
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Pretorial
(gcide) | Pretorial \Pre*to"ri*al\, a.
Pretorian. --Burke.
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Pretorian
(gcide) | Pretorian \Pre*to"ri*an\, n.
A soldier of the pretorian guard.
[1913 Webster]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 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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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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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.
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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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Pretorium
(gcide) | Pretorium \Pre*to"ri*um\, n. [L. praetorium, fr. praetor.]
1. The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of
war, because held in the general's tent.
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2. The official residence of a governor of a province; hence,
a place; a splendid country seat.
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Pretorship
(gcide) | Pretorship \Pre"tor*ship\, n.
The office or dignity of a pretor. --J. Warton
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Pretorture
(gcide) | Pretorture \Pre*tor"ture\ (?; 135), v. t.
To torture beforehand. --Fuller.
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Propretor
(gcide) | Propretor \Pro*pre"tor\, n. [L. propraetor; pro for, before +
praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed
to the government of a province. [Written also
propr[ae]tor.]
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pretoria
(wn) | Pretoria
n 1: city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of
the government of South Africa [syn: Pretoria, {capital
of South Africa}] |
pretorial
(wn) | pretorial
adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
[syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian,
pretorial] |
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] |
pretorium
(wn) | pretorium
n 1: the tent of an ancient Roman general [syn: praetorium,
pretorium] |
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