n. [ L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to go before; prae before + ire to go. See Issue. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praetorians: cf. F. prétorien. ] Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pretorian bandsor Pretorian guards, or Pretorians (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1, 000 men each. -- Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. praetorium, fr. praetor. ] 1. The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of war, because held in the general's tent. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat. [ 1913 Webster ]
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