About The Word Pretorian
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Pretorian
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What's The Definition Of Pretorian?
[adj] characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to corruption or political venality; "a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
[adj] of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pretorian: corrupt | praetorial | praetorian | praetorian | pretorial Related Terms | Find terms related to Pretorian: See Also | Pretorian In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*to"ri*an\, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F.
pr['e]torien.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial;
exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power
or authority.
{Pretorian bands} or {guards}, or {Pretorians} (Rom. Hist.),
the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor
Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
{Pretorian gate} (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in
a camp which lay next the enemy. --Brande & C.
\Pre*to"ri*an\, n. A soldier of the pretorian guard. |
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