curule chair

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noun

(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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Origin of curule chair

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby curule chair

Curtiss, Curtius, curtly, curtsy, curule, curule chair, curvaceous, curvature, curvature of field, curvature of space, curve

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How to use curule chair in a sentence

While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
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She added: “NBC News is proud to have David in the important anchor chair of ‘Meet the Press.’ ”
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Still fearful and smarting from the pain, I arrived on time and was led to chair in his office.
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In our screenings, he always sits in the same corner chair and always looks hopeful, no matter what the movie.
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For a large fee, you could be pushed down the boardwalk on a rolling wicker chair by a black worker.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.
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British Dictionary definitions for curule chair

curule chair

noun

an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome

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