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curule

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Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome
{a} senatorian, triumphal, magnificent
Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official
Of or pertaining to a chariot
curule-chair
In the Roman Republic, and later the empire, the curule chair (Latin, sella curulis, supposedly from currus, "chariot") was the chair upon which senior magistrates or promagistrates owning imperium were entitled to sit including dictators, masters of the horse, consuls, praetors, censors, and the curule aediles. Additionally, the Flamen of Iuppiter (Flamen Dialis) was also allowed to sit on a sella curulis, though this position lacked imperium. In the latter Republic, Caesar the Dictator was entitled to sit upon a curule chair made of gold
curule chair
A seat with heavy curved legs and no back, reserved for the use of the highest officials in ancient Rome. Also called curule seat
curule

    Hyphenation

    cu·rule

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'kyur-"ül ] (adjective.) 1600. From Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”).
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