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curule
[ kyoor-ool ]
adjective
- privileged to sit in a curule chair.
- of the highest rank.
curule
/ ˈkjʊəruːl /
adjective
- (in ancient Rome) of the highest rank, esp one entitled to use a curule chair
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Word History and Origins
Origin of curule1
First recorded in 1590–1600, curule is from the Latin word curūlis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of curule1
C16: from Latin curūlis of a chariot, from currus chariot, from currere to run
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Example Sentences
He is here shown seated on a curule chair, wearing a Roman toga, and holding a half open scroll in his hand.
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A special form of the sella was the famous curule chair (sella curlis), having curved legs of ivory (Fig. 71).
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The mulleus or calceus patricius was worn originally by patricians only, but later by all curule magistrates.
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"They would not have taken me from my curule chair alive," responded the attorney grandly.
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Virginia from her curule chair, tranquil and fast in the Union, will persuade, will reconcile these differences!'
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