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Definition of Praetorian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a Roman praetor. "Praetorial powers"
Partainyms: Praetor, Praetor, Praetor, Praetor
Derivative terms: Praetor, Praetor, Praetor, Praetor, Pretor
2. Noun. A member of the Praetorian Guard.
Group relationships: Praetorian Guard
Generic synonyms: Bodyguard, Escort
3. Adjective. Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality. "A large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"
Definition of Praetorian
1. Noun. A special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors. The symbol of the Praetorian Guard was the scorpion. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a praetor ¹
3. Adjective. Corruptly mercenary and venal ¹
4. Noun. A praetor ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Praetorian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Praetorian
Literary usage of Praetorian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"CHAPTER III Praetorian SERVITUDES Nature of praetorian servitudes. To the legal
genius of §601 Roman praetors is due the development of certain ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The position was one of great influence and importance ; the praetorian praefect
... Further, the praetorian praefect acquired in addition to his military ..."
3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1899)
"It appears that it was under Commodus that the Praetorian Prefects obtained the
province of civil jurisdiction: it extended only to Italy, ..."
4. Studies in Roman Law, with Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England by Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie (1865)
"Next in dignity to the emperor were the praetorian pre- fects. ... The praetorian
prefects were chosen at first from the equestrian order, and afterwards ..."
5. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"For some years the great office of Praetorian Praetorian i • • ii -1° Prefect.
Prefect was administered by r austus, to whom a large number of letters in ..."
6. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"Praetorian edict an engine of law reform. of the law of the nations, ... 8* The
praetorian law was the channel through which the jus gentium gained, ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Exceptions or pleas to actions, like actions themselves, were civil or praetorian;
and in general were ..."
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