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prefectpre‧fect /ˈpriːfekt/ noun [countable] prefectOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin praefectus, from praeficere ‘to put in front’ - I also remember proudly coming home to tell Dad I'd been made head prefect of my grammar school.
- In recompense Anthemius created Sidonius prefect of the city of Rome.
- She refused to marry the local prefect who had her imprisoned and tortured.
- The prefect had him bound to a hot griddle.
- The prefects also kicked you, as a rule with the inside of the shoe, but occasionally you felt the toe.
- The atmosphere was of an end-of-term party given by a headmaster in his study for the prefects.
- We are not part of the Prefect of Anacreon or of any other prefect.
- When the prefect learned that Hadrian had been baptized, he had him broken limb from limb.
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