praetorship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of praetorship
Example Sentences
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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
So another praetorship was given to Cassius; the gaining of which could not so much oblige him, as he was incensed for the loss of the other.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
He had at that time the most honorable praetorship of the year, and was named for the consulship four years after, being preferred before Cassius, his competitor.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
They gained the dictatorship in 356, the censorship in 351, and the praetorship in 337.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
In 242 B. C. a second praetorship, the office of the praetor peregrinus or alien praetor was established.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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