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prætorship, pre-|ˈpriːtəʃɪp|
[f. prætor + -ship.]
The office of a Roman prætor; the term of this office.
1541T. Paynel Catiline lii. 75 Changyng his apparel, and laying away the ornamentes of pretorship. 1581Savile Tacitus, Agric. (1622) 186 His [Agricola's] Pretorship also he passed ouer in the same sort, with the like silence. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 29 Trajan..delivered a sword to the Prefect of the Pretorship, bidding him, if he were good, to use it for him; if evill, against him. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xliv. (1846) IV. 176 The praetorship of Salvius Julian, an eminent lawyer, was immortalised by the composition of the Perpetual Edict. 1880Muirhead Gaius i. §6 note, The peregrin praetorship was created in or about the year 507/247; the duty of the new magistrate being to administer justice between foreigners resident in Rome, or between foreigners and citizens.
b. transf. Chief magistracy; mayoralty.
1622Middleton Hon. & Virtue Wks. (Bullen) VII. 364 You [Lord Mayor] go From court to court before you be confirm'd In this high place, which prætorship is termed.
c. with poss. pron., as title of a prætor.
1678T. Jordan Triumphs of London 12 The Governour Of this Plantation, doth present his Power, And Profits to Your Prætorship. |