propraetor

American  

[proh-pree-ter] / proʊˈpri tər /

Or propretor

noun

Roman History.

1. an officer who, after having served as praetor in Rome, was sent to govern a province with praetorial authority.

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propraetor British  

/ prəʊˈpriːtə /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a citizen, esp an ex-praetor, granted a praetor's imperium to be exercised outside Rome, esp in the provinces

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• propraetorian
  adjective
• propraetorial
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of propraetor

1570–80; < Latin prōpraetor; see pro- ¹, praetor

Example Sentences

For in consequence of the letters of Caius Pansa and Aulus Hirtius, the consuls, and of Caius Caesar, propraetor, we have all voted that honours be paid to the immortal gods.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

The government of the Roman province thus delimited was entrusted to a praetor or propraetor, of whom several are now known, e.g.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Why he was going out as propraetor of Asia so long after his term as praetor was a puzzle to me.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

The first of these letters is to P. Silius Nerva, propraetor of Bithynia, a province recently added to the Empire by Pompeius.

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde

Curio collected troops in Umbria and Etruria for Caesar, who sent him to Sicily as propraetor in 49.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various