- a variation of prefect.
praefect
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He staggered forward out of the darkness and into the light, his trembling arms outstretched, his sparse hair plastered against his moist forehead, his eyes, protruding and bloodshot, fixed upon the praefect.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
"The physician hath given the praefect a drug to make him sleep, for it seems that fever was upon him with the pain of his wounds and he talked incoherently like one bereft of reason."
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Throwing his thick, short body about in a kind of rolling gait, he only paused at times for a moment or two in order to hurl a vicious snarl at the praefect.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The mighty fist of the dead praefect had mayhap laid the creature low; in any case it were not safe to re-awaken dormant memories.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The man told the janitors that his name was Folces, that he belonged to the praefect of Rome and desired speech with the Augusta.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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