curule

American  

[kyoor-ool] / ˈkyʊər ul /

adjective

1. privileged to sit in a curule chair.

2. of the highest rank.

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curule British  

/ ˈkjʊəruːl /

adjective

1. (in ancient Rome) of the highest rank, esp one entitled to use a curule chair

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Etymology

Origin of curule

First recorded in 1590–1600, curule is from the Latin word curūlis

Example Sentences

The solemn, awful, inexorable literary Rhadamanthus, the dread Quarterly Review itself, sitting imposingly on its curule chair in ambrosial bigwig and high-heeled shoes, promulgated edicts against the new-fangled invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

Than Timoleon's arms require, And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

The principal part of the procession, of course, was the consuls in their curule chair, preceded by the lictors bearing the fasces, or bundles of rods and axes.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

This morning he appointed me regent-head of the house, and delivered me the fasces and curule chair.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

He was twice dictator and six times consul, and occupied the curule chair twenty-one times.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various