Curule
//ˈkjʊəɹuːl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
"Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair."
Example
More examples"Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair."
Etymology
From Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”).
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