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curule

/ˈkjʊəɹuːl/

curule adjective: designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.

Adjective

curule

  1. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
    • Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair.1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

Origin of curule

From Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”).

Questions about curule

What does curule mean?
Curule means designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
What part of speech is curule?
Curule is an adjective.
How do you pronounce curule?
Curule is pronounced /ˈkjʊəɹuːl/.

Words near curule in the dictionary

  1. curtsy
  2. curtsying
  3. curtsyings
  4. curuba
  5. curubas
  6. curule
  7. curundum
  8. curupira
  9. curupiras
  10. Curupuri
  11. cururo

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