pretorium

English

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Etymology

From Latin praetorium, from praetor.

Noun

pretorium (plural pretoriums)

  1. (historical) The general's tent in an Ancient Roman camp.
  2. (by extension) A council of war.
  3. (historical) The official residence of the Ancient Roman praetor, proconsul, or governor in a province.
  4. (by extension, dated) A splendid country seat.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pretorium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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