praetorship

American  

[pree-ter-ship] / ˈpri tərˌʃɪp /

Or pretorship

noun

1. the office of a praetor.

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Etymology

Origin of praetorship

First recorded in 1535–45; praetor + -ship

Example Sentences

Ever since the House of Hades when he’d resigned his praetorship, ambrosia and nectar didn’t taste like his favourite foods from Camp Jupiter.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The date is fixed as the year of Cicero’s praetorship by § 147, ‘mea quaestio de pecuniis repetundis.’

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

This latter important passage fixes the date of his praetorship, 88 A.D.; cf.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

He had successfully avoided the appointment after his praetorship and again after his consulship.

From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Church, Alfred John

His praetorship, in accordance with the rules which now governed this magistracy in consequence of the multiplication of the courts of justice, confined his energies to Rome.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)