prefect

a person appointed to a position of command or authority; a chief magistrate
Not to be confused with:perfect – complete; unblemished; faultless: a perfect performance

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P0519400 (prē′fĕkt′)n.1. A high administrative official or chief officer, as:a. Any of several high military or civil officials in ancient Rome.b. The chief of police of Paris, France.c. A chief administrative official of a department of France.d. The administrator in charge of discipline at a Jesuit school.2. A student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praefectus, from past participle of praeficere, to place at the head of : prae-, pre- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

prefect

(ˈpriːfɛkt) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in France, Italy, etc) the chief administrative officer in a department2. (Law) (in France, etc) the head of a police force3. (Education) Brit a schoolchild appointed to a position of limited power over his fellows4. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) any of several magistrates or military commanders5. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church Also called: prefect apostolic an official having jurisdiction over a missionary district that has no ordinary6. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church one of two senior masters in a Jesuit school or college (the prefect of studies and the prefect of discipline or first prefect)7. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a cardinal in charge of a congregation of the Curia Also (for senses 4–7): praefect [C14: from Latin praefectus one put in charge, from praeficere to place in authority over, from prae before + facere to do, make] prefectorial adj

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n. 1. a person appointed to any of various positions of authority or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy. 2. a. the dean of a Jesuit school. b. a cardinal in charge of a congregation in the Curia Romana. [1300–50; Middle English < Latin praefectus, n. use of past participle of praeficere to put in charge =prae- pre- + -ficere, comb. form of facere to make, do¹] pre`fec•to′ri•al, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

prefect - a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"administrator, executive - someone who manages a government agency or department

Translations

级长行政官员学校中的年级负责学生

prefect

(ˈpriːfekt) noun1. one of a number of senior pupils having special powers in a school etc. 学校中的年级负责学生，级长 2. in some countries, an administrative official. 行政官员

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(both: prē`fĕkt), in ancient Rome, various military and civil officers. Under the empire some prefects were very important. The Praetorian prefects (first appointed 2 B.C.) usually numbered two; they commanded the powerful PraetoriansPraetorians
, bodyguard of the ancient Roman emperors. Growing out of an early troop that served as bodyguard to the general commanding in Rome, they were formally organized in the time of Augustus.
..... Click the link for more information. . From the 2d cent. A.D. they had juridical functions, and important legists (e.g., Papinian and Ulpian) held the post. The prefect of the city was at first a deputy for absent consuls; the office fell out of use but was revived by Julius Caesar. Under the empire this prefect had power over the summary court for the region within 100 mi (160 km) of Rome. The prefect of the watch had charge of the fire brigade set up by Augustus. Augustus also established a prefect of the grain supply. There were other officers called prefects, such as the Roman viceroy of Egypt and many other officials of Italian cities.

Bibliography

See L. L. Howe, The Praetorian Prefect from Commodus to Diocletian (1942).

Prefect

(1) In ancient Rome, an official who was in charge of a prefecture. From the time of Augustus at the end of the first century B.C., prefects were appointed as governors, first of Egypt and later of other provinces. During the imperial period, the term prefect was applied to the chiefs of various administrative departments. In the republican period, prefects with exclusively juridical functions (praefecti iuri dicundo) assisted the praetors in judging lawsuits in the cities of Italy, and under the empire, in the provinces also.

(2) In France, an official in charge of a department as a representative of the central government. Prefects are appointed by the president of France and are considered the heads of all state institutions within the given department. A prefect exercises broad powers; in particular, he has the right to protest individual acts of the local bodies of self-government and to abrogate resolutions of the department council. In Paris the administrative authority is divided between two prefects—the prefect of the department of the Seine and the prefect of police.

prefect

1. (in France, Italy, etc.) the chief administrative officer in a department 2. (in France, etc.) the head of a police force 3. Brit a schoolchild appointed to a position of limited power over his fellows 4. (in ancient Rome) any of several magistrates or military commanders 5. RC Church an official having jurisdiction over a missionary district that has no ordinary 6. RC Church one of two senior masters in a Jesuit school or college (the prefect of studies and the prefect of discipline or first prefect) 7. RC Church a cardinal in charge of a congregation of the Curia

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