praetorship

See also: prætorship

English

Alternative forms

prætorship (obsolete)
pretorship

Etymology

From praetor +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːtəʃɪp/

Noun

praetorship (plural praetorships)

(historical) The office or term of a praetor. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  The same night, wherein the Pretorship was refused him, he passed over in play.

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