Definition of Propraetor

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of proprætor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Propraetor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propraetor

propound
propounded
propounder
propounders
propounding
propounds
propoxur
propoxyphene
propoxyphene hydrochloride
propoxyphenes
proppant
proppants
propped
propping
propping up
propraetor (current term)
propraetors
propraetorship
propraetorships
propranolol
propranolols
propre
propreantepenult
propreantepenultimate
proprely
propretie
propretor
propretors
propria
proprietaries

Literary usage of Propraetor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roman Antiquities by Alexander Adam, John Richardson Major (1835)
"What has been said concerning a proconsul, took place with respect to a propraetor ; unless that a proconsul had twelve lictors, and a propraetor only six. ..."

2. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"extortions in his province, which he governed as propraetor, before the tribunal of Cicero who was then praetor, and being found guilty he committed suicide ..."

3. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... His contests with the Senate—Fall of Catiline (6a)—Caesar propraetor in Spain (61)—Caesar returns from Spain to stand for consulship— Is not allowed to ..."

4. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... pontifex maximus (63)—Caesar's praetorship — His contests with the Senate — Kail of Catiline (62) — Caesar propraetor in Spain (61)—Caesar returns from ..."

5. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"... propraetor, was sent; and, receiving thirty-eight ships from Cneius Octavius, near Vibo, he sailed to Macedonia, where, when Marcus Aurelius, ..."

6. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith (1899)
"He had been in that province for one year as propraetor, during which time he displayed some military ability and a capacity for enriching himself at the ..."

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