curule
/kyoor-ool/US // ˈkyʊər ul //UK // (ˈkjʊəruːl) //
咖哩,鬈毛,鬈毛虫,鬈毛狗
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : privileged to sit in a curule chair.
- : of the highest rank.
Examples
He is here shown seated on a curule chair, wearing a Roman toga, and holding a half open scroll in his hand.
A special form of the sella was the famous curule chair (sella curlis), having curved legs of ivory (Fig. 71).
The mulleus or calceus patricius was worn originally by patricians only, but later by all curule magistrates.
"They would not have taken me from my curule chair alive," responded the attorney grandly.
Virginia from her curule chair, tranquil and fast in the Union, will persuade, will reconcile these differences!'
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