praetorship

Noun

Meaning

the office of praetor

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

place position office post situation spot

Examples

Also in 366 BC, the praetorship and curule aedileship were created. Source: Internet

It was not a compulsory part of the cursus, and hence a former quaestor could be elected to the praetorship without having held the position of aedile. Source: Internet

Republican governors were all men who had served in senior magistracies (the consulate or praetorship ) in Rome in the previous year, and carried related titles as governor (proconsul or propraetor). Source: Internet

This obscure passage is important because although Crassus was likely named pro-praetor against Spartacus in 72, the mystery of Crassus' true praetorship has baffled many scholars. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

praetorian infantry praetorium praetornal praevia praevocalic praezygapophysis