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

Henceforth the quaestorship had to be held before the praetorship, and the latter before the consulate.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

As a consequence Lentulus was forced by the senate to resign the praetorship, and was kept under guard along with the others arrested while the remnant of the society was being sought for.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

The games of the praetorship in the first century, as in the fifth,419 constituted a tax which only a great fortune could easily bear.

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

This was also the sole function of the praetorship and quaestorship, which were now filled by imperial appointment upon the recommendation of the city prefects.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly