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quæstorial, a.|kwiːˈstɔərɪəl| [f. L. quæstōri-us + -al1.] Of or pertaining to a quæstor or his position in the state.
1862Merivale Rom. Emp. l. (1865) VI. 197 Narcissus had received the quaestorial ornaments as the reward of his services. 1868Farrar Seekers i. v. (1875) 67 Men of consular and quaestorial parentage. So quæˈstorian a.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 335 Consular, Prætorian, Questorian or Equestrian officers. 1879Lewis & Short Latin Dict. 1503/1 Quaestōrĭus,..of or belonging to a quæstor, quæstorian. 1976Classical Q. XXVI. 99 Under the Republic the calles of Italy were..a quaestorian provincia. Ibid. 106 At some point in the second century the occasional quaestorian provinciae of the calles and the aquae were devised. |