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Praetor
Meaning
Noun
●
In History:
The
title
designating
a Roman
administrative
official
whose role
changed over
time:
A
consul
in command
of the army.
An annually-elected
curule
magistrate
,
subordinate
to the
consuls
in
provincial
administration
, and who
performed
some of their
duties
;
numbering
initially
only one,
later
two (either of the
praetor
urbānus (“urban
praetor
”) or the
praetor
peregrīnus (“peregrine
praetor
”)), and
eventually
eighteen.
●
A high
civic
or
administrative
official
, especially a
chief
magistrate
or
mayor
. Sometimes used as a title.
●
The
title
of
th
e
chief
magistrate
,
th
e
mayor
,
and/or
th
e podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other
parts
of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Provost
Mayor
Related
Sovereign
Emperor
Monarch
Governor
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