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praetorium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pretorium |
| Type of | collapsible shelter, tent |
Examples of praetorium
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After the Sanhedrin trial Jesus is taken to Pilate's court in the praetorium.
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The praetorium had its own latrine, and probably the quarters of the high-ranking officers.
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Due to the vast number of uses for the word praetorium, describing exactly what one is can be difficult.
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A praetorium could be a large building, a permanent tent structure, or in some cases even be mobile.
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Which was on the north and which on the south depends on whether the praetorium faced east or west, which remains unknown.
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On the other side of the praetorium the Via Praetoria continued to the wall, where it went through the Porta Decumana.
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Since the praetorium originated as the officer's quarters it could be a tent, but was often a large structure.
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The important design aspect of the praetorium is not symmetry, but rather proportion of one element to another.
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Associated with the commander in the praetorium he became a familiar and close friend of Pomponius, who also was a man of letters.
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- The tent of an ancient Roman general
- The Latin term praetorium u2014 or pru0153torium or pretorium u2014 originally signified a generalu2019s tent within a Roman castra, castellum, or encampment. It derived from the name of one of the chief Roman magistrates, the praetor. Praetor (Latin, "leader") was originally the title of the highest-ranking civil servant in the Roman Republic, but later became a position directly below the rank of consul.
- Was the name of the general's tent in the camp, and was so called because the name of the chief Roman magistrate was originally praetor, and not consul. [C'ASTKA, p. 249.] The officers who attended on the general in the Prae-toriuni) and formed his council of war, were called by the same name. ...
