CURULE


Meaning of CURULE in English

adj. Rom.Hist. designating or relating to the authority exercised by the senior Roman magistrates, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis ('curule seat' or seat of office).

[ L curulis f. currus chariot (in which the chief magistrate was conveyed to the seat of office) ]

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