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Pretorium   Listen
noun
Pretorium  n.  
1.
The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of war, because held in the general's tent.
2.
The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat.





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"Pretorium" Quotes from Famous Books



... the nervous system of our worthy friend Monkbarns received when the exclamation of Edie Ochiltree fell upon his ear, of 'Pretorium here, pretorium there, I mind the biggin' o't,' was not greater than that which mine sustained on receiving this death-blow to all my hopes of rescuing this interesting relic of antiquity from its unmerited oblivion. Gulping ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 - Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 • Various


Words linked to "Pretorium" :   tent, collapsible shelter


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