praetorship

American  

[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

In the mean time, his eldest died in his praetorship; of whom Cato often makes mention in his books, as having been a good man.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

Sallust speaks of the political offices he filled, and of the class of men who were unsuccessful candidates about the same time—a supposed reference to M. Cato’s candidature for the praetorship, B.C.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

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

It was still more important that his tenure of the praetorship had added him to the ranks of the official nobility.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)