prefectorial

[ pree-fek-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect:

   prefectorial powers.

Other Words From

• subpre·fec·tori·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prefectorial¹

1860–65; < Late Latin praefectōri ( us ) ( prefect, -tory ¹ ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

In some towns, projects aimed at easing community relations are superficial, says Yassir Baradine, vice-president of the prefectorial council of Boda, but in Boda people want peace.

From The Guardian

The "dogs" were policed by a higher prefectorial elite of slightly older boys, to whom the juniors bowed with chilling deference.

From The Guardian

He distinguished the cities into two kinds, prefectorial, and royal, since imperial, and confided the government of the latter to the bishops, who laboured hard to render them episcopal.

From Project Gutenberg

A second Crescentius, the son perhaps of the first, filled the prefectorial office.

From Project Gutenberg

The prefectorial system has taught him to frame an order and see that it is carried out.

From Project Gutenberg