pretor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
In Rome under the Republic there was divided between the pretor and the judex the power to decide controversies.
From Concerning Justice by Emery, Lucilius A.
Pan Seferovich, pretor of Kamenyets, came also,—a rich Armenian whose brother was groaning in Tartar bonds,—and two women, still young and of beauty far from inconsiderable, though somewhat dark, Pani Neresevich and Pani Kyeremovich.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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
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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