praetorship

or pre·tor·ship

[ pree-ter-ship ]

noun

1. the office of a praetor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of praetorship¹

First recorded in 1535–45; praetor + -ship

Example Sentences

Ever since the House of Hades when he’d resigned his praetorship, ambrosia and nectar didn’t taste like his favourite foods from Camp Jupiter.

From Literature

The games of the praetorship in the first century, as in the fifth,419 constituted a tax which only a great fortune could easily bear.

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He succeeded in obtaining the praetorship in 54, and strenuously exerted himself in the hopeless and thankless task of suppressing bribery, in which all parties were equally interested.

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After the fall of Vitellius he was saluted as Caesar, or prince imperial, by the troops, obtained the city praetorship, and was entrusted with the administration of Italy till his father’s return from the East.

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For the Spanish provinces new praetorships were created, “with consular authority” because of the military importance of their posts.

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