praetorship

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[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

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

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

Indeed the most important function of the consulship, praetorship and, until its disappearance in the third century, the aedileship, came to be the celebration of the regular festivals.

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

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