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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. 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!'