prefecture

[ pree-fek-cher ]

noun

1. the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.

prefecture

/ ˈpriːfɛkˌtjʊə /

noun

1. the office, position, or area of authority of a prefect
2. the official residence of a prefect in France, Italy, etc

Derived Forms

• preˈfectural, adjective

Other Words From

• pre·fec·tur·al [pri-, fek, -cher-, uh, l], adjective
• sub·prefec·ture noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of prefecture¹

From the Latin word praefectūra, dating back to 1570–80. See prefect, -ure

Example Sentences

Japan’s Olympic Athletes LosingThe government has responded to the surge by further extending the state of emergency until the end of August and expanding it to the prefectures surrounding Tokyo.

From Time

Luckily for them, different prefectures across Japan subsidize cobots at different rates, some as high as 50 percent.

From Freakonomics

When the ­29-year-old from the city of Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime closed his 65, the only round of all the round this week to lack even one bogey, he led the 85th Masters by four shots heading for Sunday.

From Washington Post

Rina Sakuraba, from the village of Futaba in the prefecture, was just 15 when the earthquake hit as she was returning home from her middle school graduation.

From Washington Post

The 121-day journey began at the national soccer training center in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima with the winning team from the 2011 Women’s World Cup as the first torchbearers.

From Washington Post

On October 2011, the prefecture established an ordinance imposing fines and potential jail time.

From The Daily Beast

Hiroo Onoda was born on March 19 1922 at the village of Kamekawa in the Wakayama prefecture of south Japan.

From The Daily Beast

The university, while releasing the total figures, would not release prefecture-by-prefecture data.

From The Daily Beast

On December 20, 2012, a hand grenade exploded at the headquarters of the Dojin-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

From The Daily Beast

One was a 19-year-old student at Meiji University and the other a 28-year old man in Fukuoka Prefecture.

From The Daily Beast

It was highly apologetic, but requested him to follow the bearer to the Prefecture without delay.

From Project Gutenberg

The edict provided for a place for preaching in each prefecture, to be selected by the king.

From Project Gutenberg

They laughed at the sub-prefect, the prefect, the councillors of the prefecture, even the council of state.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the excitement began—and I had to explain at the Prefecture that I had come to see coal, and to find out where it was.

From Project Gutenberg

What used to be the episcopal palace of Auxerre is to-day the Prefecture.

From Project Gutenberg