praetorship
See also: prætorship
English
Alternative forms
- prætorship (obsolete)
- pretorship
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːtəʃɪp/
Noun
praetorship (plural praetorships)
- (history) The office or term of a praetor. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- The same night, wherein the Pretorship was refused him, he passed over in play.