- a variation of praetor.
pretor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Touching the temporal government of Rome, and oppidan affairs, there is a pretor and some choice citizens, which sit in the Capitol.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
He had married a sister of Caesar and, though still young when he died, had become a senator and pretor.
From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo
However, a man could put away his wife at will, and by recording the fact with the nearest pretor, the act was legalized.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
The Romans issued marriage-licenses, but before doing so a pretor passed on the fitness of the candidates for each other.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
The pretor favored me by not requiring her presence.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
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