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prætorium

prætorium is the alternative form of pretorium.

Meaning of pretorium

Noun

pretorium (plural pretoriums)

  1. (historical) The general's tent in an Ancient Roman camp.
  2. (broadly) A council of war.
  3. (historical) The official residence of the Ancient Roman praetor, proconsul, or governor in a province.
  4. (broadly, dated) A splendid country seat.

Forms of prætorium

pluralprætoria

Questions about prætorium

What is prætorium the alternative form of?
Prætorium is the alternative form of pretorium.

Words near prætorium in the dictionary

  1. prætexta
  2. prætor
  3. prætores
  4. prætoria
  5. prætorian
  6. prætorium
  7. prætors
  8. prævail
  9. prævaile
  10. prævailed
  11. prævailes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prætorium (page history and authors); pretorium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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