curule

curule Definition

cu·rule (kyo̵̅o̅′ro̵̅o̅l′)

adjective

designating a chair like an upholstered campstool with heavy curved legs, in which only the highest civil officers of Rome were privileged to sit
privileged to sit in a curule chair; of the highest rank

Etymology: L curulis < currus, chariot; akin to currere, to run: see current

curule Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

chair: In the house, in our three curule chairs, we sat and looked on.
aedileship: But the curule aedileship became immediately so far accessible to the plebeians, that it was held by patricians and plebeians alternately.

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