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词汇 praetor
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Definition of praetor in English:

praetor

(US pretor)
noun ˈpriːtɔːˈpriːtəˈpridər
Roman History
  • Each of two ancient Roman magistrates ranking below consul.

    〔罗马史〕(古罗马)行政长官,司法官

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once again, elections were held for aedile, praetor, quaestor and the other traditional offices of the Republic.
    • In fact, the praetors had to ‘bow to the will of the senate’.
    • Quaestors, praetors, and consuls were often employed after their year of office at Rome as ‘pro-magistrates’ to administer the provinces of the Roman empire.
    • Recall that legal procedures of the chthonic tradition were essentially open ones; there were no barriers such as the praetor of roman law or the chancellor (keeper of the writs) of the common law.
    • When Caesar was a praetor, he supported a tribune who wanted Pompey recalled to restore order in Rome.

Derivatives

  • praetorial

  • adjective priːˈtɔːrɪəlˌpriˈtɔriəl
    Roman History
  • praetorship

  • noun
    Roman History
    • As an individual aged he could expect to hold increasingly senior posts: the quaestorship at twenty-seven, praetorship in his late thirties and the consulship at forty-two.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Other magistracies, the aedileship and the tribunate of the plebs, might be held between quaestorship and praetorship, but were not obligatory.
      • One of the greatest attractions of the praetorship and consulship was that they conferred imperium, which gave the bearer the right to command armies.
      • After his praetorship he defeated Spartacus, but Pompey, after crucifying many fugitives, claimed credit for the victory, deeply offending Crassus.

Origin

Latin, perhaps from prae 'before' + it- 'gone' (from the verb ire).

Definition of praetor in US English:

praetor

(US pretor)
nounˈprēdərˈpridər
Roman History
  • Each of two ancient Roman magistrates ranking below consul.

    〔罗马史〕(古罗马)行政长官,司法官

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Recall that legal procedures of the chthonic tradition were essentially open ones; there were no barriers such as the praetor of roman law or the chancellor (keeper of the writs) of the common law.
    • In fact, the praetors had to ‘bow to the will of the senate’.
    • Once again, elections were held for aedile, praetor, quaestor and the other traditional offices of the Republic.
    • Quaestors, praetors, and consuls were often employed after their year of office at Rome as ‘pro-magistrates’ to administer the provinces of the Roman empire.
    • When Caesar was a praetor, he supported a tribune who wanted Pompey recalled to restore order in Rome.

Origin

Latin, perhaps from prae ‘before’ + it- ‘gone’ (from the verb ire).

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