Definition of Curule. Meaning of Curule. Synonyms of Curule

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Definition of Curule

Curule
Curule Cu"rule (k[=u]"r[udd]l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a chariot: cf. F. curule.] 1. Of or pertaining to a chariot. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) 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. Note: The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with gold. Curule dignity right of sitting in the curule chair.

Meaning of Curule from wikipedia

- A curule seat is a design of a (usually) foldable and transportable chair noted for its uses in Ancient Rome and Europe through to the 20th century. Its...
- this office was limited to plebeians; the other two were "curule aediles" (Latin: aediles curules), open to both plebeians and patricians, in alternating...
- Individuals given such power were referred to as curule magistrates or promagistrates. These included the curule aedile, the praetor, the consul, the magister...
- election to curule aedile. This later changed, and both plebeians and patricians could stand for curule aedileship. The elections for curule aedile were...
- 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011. "Dos mil 719 candidatos se dis****rán los curules de la Asamblea Nacional" (in Spanish). Venezolana de Televisión. 10 June...
- generals, and the broad stripe of the toga praetexta, worn by senators and curule magistrates, were d**** with Tyrian purple. A similar reference to togae...
- via transitio ad plebem, or were descended from plebeians who had held curule offices. The nobiles emerged after the Conflict of the Orders established...
- representing inviolability, was worn by children who had not come of age, curule magistrates, and state priests. Only the emperor could wear an all-purple...
- F. (17 February 2025). "Revolución Ciudadana podría aumentar a 69 sus curules en el Parlamento". Confirmado (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2025...
- governed Syria. Ascending the cursus honorum, he threw magnificent games while curule aedile and later served as praetor. Receiving as his province Sardinia,...