curule chair
(in ancient Rome) a folding seat with curved legs and no back, often ornamented with ivory, used only by certain high officials.
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How to use curule chair in a sentence
He is here shown seated on a curule chair, wearing a Roman toga, and holding a half open scroll in his hand.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowA special form of the sella was the famous curule chair (sella curlis), having curved legs of ivory (Fig. 71).
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston"They would not have taken me from my curule chair alive," responded the attorney grandly.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueVirginia from her curule chair, tranquil and fast in the Union, will persuade, will reconcile these differences!'
The Long Roll | Mary JohnstonThis morning he appointed me regent head of the house, and delivered me the fasces and curule chair.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for curule chair
an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome
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