praetorship
See also: prætorship
English
Alternative forms
- prætorship (obsolete)
- pretorship
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːtəʃɪp/
Noun
praetorship (plural praetorships)
- (historical) The office or term of a praetor. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- The same night, wherein the Pretorship was refused him, he passed over in play.
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