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promagistrates

promagistrates is the plural of promagistrate.

Meaning of promagistrate

Noun

promagistrate (plural promagistrates)

  1. In ancient Rome, an ex-consul or ex-praetor whose imperium (the power to command an army) was extended at the end of his annual term of office or later.
    • The first promagistrate was Q. Publilius Philo (b.c. 327), who, after serving his year as consul, was retained in command of the army pro consule for another year by an extension (prorogatio) of his imperium;[…].1888, James Gow, “Promagistrates”, in A Companion to School Classics, London: Macmillan and Co. and New York, page 181

Questions about promagistrates

What is promagistrates the plural of?
Promagistrates is the plural of promagistrate.

Words near promagistrates in the dictionary

  1. promag
  2. promagisterial
  3. promagistracies
  4. promagistracy
  5. promagistrate
  6. promagistrates
  7. promagnon
  8. promagnons
  9. promags
  10. promajority
  11. promalignant

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