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Definition of Pretorium
1. Noun. The tent of an ancient Roman general.
Definition of Pretorium
1. n. The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of war, because held in the general's tent.
Definition of Pretorium
1. Noun. The general's tent in an Ancient Roman camp. ¹
2. Noun. (by extension) A council of war. ¹
3. Noun. The official residence of a governor of a province. ¹
4. Noun. (by extension dated) A splendid country seat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretorium
Literary usage of Pretorium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"436) mentions in the pretorium "a great basilica called St. Sophia, with a chapel,
cubiculum, where our Lord was stripped of his garments and scourged". ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"The ;/cf distance from York to pretorium is given at forty-five miles, which
agrees exactly ... We have no real evidence as to the true site of pretorium, ..."
3. Ancient Geography: As Connected with Chronology and Preparatory to the Study by Emma Willard, William Channing Woodbridge (1822)
"... V. pretorium or residence of Pilate : A. House of Annas in Acra ; C. House of
Caiaphas; S. Pool of Siloam. • AD 29. AT THE CLOSE OF HIS MINISTRY, ..."
4. John's Gospel: The Greatest Book in the World; Suggestions for the Study of by Robert Elliott Speer (1915)
"Without the pretorium. xviii, 38-40. Scene 4. Within the pretorium. xix, 1-3.
... Without the pretorium. xix, 12-16. In Scene I Pilate demanded the charge. ..."
5. Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 by William Spohn Baker (1892)
"ninety covers, served with true military magnificence in the pretorium of the
consul (for I rather express myself thus than by saying in the tent of the ..."
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