Curule
curule (kurul), 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.
f 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.
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