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praetorium

praetorium 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 praetorium

pluralpraetoria

Questions about praetorium

What is praetorium the alternative form of?
Praetorium is the alternative form of pretorium.

Words near praetorium in the dictionary

  1. praetoria
  2. praetorial
  3. praetorian
  4. praetorianism
  5. praetorians
  6. praetorium
  7. praetornal
  8. praetors
  9. praetorship
  10. praetorships
  11. Praetutii

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praetorium (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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