prefectorial
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of prefectorial
1860–65; < Late Latin praefectōri ( us ) ( see prefect, -tory 1) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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In some towns, projects aimed at easing community relations are superficial, says Yassir Baradine, vice-president of the prefectorial council of Boda, but in Boda people want peace.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2017
The prefectorial system has taught him to frame an order and see that it is carried out.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
Betteridge got a lecture on military discipline and on prefectorial dignity.
From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec
As Christmas approached Martin found prefectorial discipline slackening and, though exams might mean harder work in school, there was in the house a very agreeable relaxation of tension.
From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor
Plainly he was no longer a schoolboy, not even a god-like prefectorial schoolboy, but an undergraduate and a man of the world.
From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor
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