单词 | pretorian |
释义 | pretorian (once / 57099 pages) adj WORD FAMILY pretor: pretorian, pretors USAGE EXAMPLESIt was Hadrian also who opened the pretorian guard to provincials from Spain, Noricum and Macedonia. Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly, A History of Rome to 565 A. D.(2010) Those shouts marked the inauguration of the pretorian regime. De Gurowski, Adam G., count, Diary from March 4, 1861, to Novemb...(2010) Of utmost consequence is it that the body's germ consumer—its pretorian guard—be always armed with vitality ready to vanquish every intruding hostile germ. Allen, William H., Civics and Health(2010) adj of or relating to a Roman praetor Syn praetorial, praetorian, pretorial Pretorian (once / 168848 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Pretorian USAGE EXAMPLESThe Pretorian band that in the time of Imperial Rome used to dispose of Empires is perfectly re-established. Stanley, Edward, Before and after Waterloo—Letters...(2010) The forces surrounding the place were commanded by Schalk-Burger and Louis Botha, who doubtless, with Pretorian dames, were the heroes of the hour. Creswicke, Louis, South Africa and the Transvaal War,...(2010) These were the Pretorian Guards of Rome, the Mamelukes of Egypt, the Janissaries of Turkey, and the Strelitz of Russia. Morris, Charles, Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)—The...(2010) adj characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality Syn Praetorian corrupt lacking in integrity |
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