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curule definition

cu·rule (kyo̵̅o̅′ro̵̅o̅l′)

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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