Papinian

[ puh-pin-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. Aemilius Papinianus, died a.d. 212, Roman jurist and writer.

Example Sentences

The death of Papinian, the Praetorian Praefect, was lamented as a public calamity.

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The death of Papinian, the Prætorian Præfect, was lamented as a public calamity.

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To a child just stumbling into Corderius, Papinian and Paul proved quite invincible.

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Ulpian and Papinian were to them what Aristotle and Aquinas were to another class of worshippers.

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I killed Papinian, the lawyer and prefect, and Cilo—whom you saw yesterday—nearly shared the same fate.

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