curule

(kyo̵̅o̅ro̵̅o̅l′)

adjective

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

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

See curule in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cu·rule

adjective
Privileged to sit in a curule chair; of superior rank.

Origin: Latin curūlis, of a curule chair, from currus, chariot, from currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

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