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pretorium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-to-ri-um
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The general's tent in an Ancient Roman camp.

noun

A council of war.

noun

The official residence of the Ancient Roman praetor, proconsul, or governor in a province.

noun

A splendid country seat.

Dated

Etymology

From Latin praetorium, from praetor.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pretoriums (plural) praetorium (alternative) prætorium (alternative)

Synonyms

praetorium

Questions

What does pretorium mean?
The general's tent in an Ancient Roman camp.
Where does pretorium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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