| 单词 | prefect |
| 释义 | prefect /pree"fekt/, n. 1. a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a. the dean of a Jesuit school or college. b. a cardinal in charge of a congregation in the Curia Romana. 3. Chiefly Brit. a praeposter. Also, praefect. [1300-50; ME < L praefectus overseer, director (n. use of ptp. of praeficere to make prior, i.e., put in charge), equiv. to prae- PRE- + -fectus (comb. form of factus, ptp. of facere to make, DO1); see FACT] |
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