English-Thai Dictionary
curule
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CURULE
a.[L., a chariot. ] Belonging to a chariot. The curule chair or seat, among the Romans, was a stool without a back, covered with leather, and so made as to be folded. It was conveyed in a chariot, and used by public officers.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURULE
Cu "rule (k "rl ), a. Etym: [L. curulis, fr. currus a charoit: cf. F.curule. ]
1. Of or pertaining to a charoit.
2. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.
Note: The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with gold. Curule dignity right of sitting in the curule chair.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curule
cu rule |ˈkyo͞orˌo͞ol ˈkjurul | ▶adjective historical denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (‘curule seat, ’ a kind of folding chair ). ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin curulis, from currus ‘chariot ’ (in which the chief magistrate was conveyed to the seat of office ), from currere ‘to run. ’
Oxford Dictionary
curule
curule |ˈkjʊəruːl | ▶adjective historical denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (‘curule seat ’, a kind of folding chair ). ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin curulis, from currus ‘chariot ’ (in which the chief magistrate was conveyed to the seat of office ), from currere ‘to run ’.
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