单词 | praetorium |
释义 | praetoriumn. 1. Roman History. The official residence of the governor of a Roman province; a governor's palace or court; spec. the building in which Pontius Pilate questioned Jesus. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [noun] hall971 fleta1000 saleOE courta1175 palacec1300 praetoryc1384 praetorium1536 serail1585 seraglio1589 serai1617 sirkar1619 alcazar1623 alkedavy1631 palaisc1660 Residenz1824 istana1839 arch-house1876 1536 J. Longlond Serm. before King sig. Eiiiv Not beynge this contente, they had hym forthe ayen in praetorium [1538 pretorium], into the..yeldhall before Pylate, neuer ceasynge but cryed, Iudge hym, condempne hym to the deathe. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xv. 16 The souldiers led him away into the hal, called Pretorium [mod. edd. Prætorium], and they call together the whole band. View more context for this quotation 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. x. viii. f. 170v Titus chancing to come at the same time into Praetorium, aduisedly beholding the face of the condemned man..knew him to be Gysippus. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prætorium, the place where the Prætor administer'd Justice;..also taken for his Palace; and sometimes for his Pleasure-House. 1765 T. Smollett France & Italy in Wks. (1817) V. 485 The prætoria, which were so spacious as to become a nuisance in the reign of Augustus. 1836 Times 26 Dec. 3/6 It [sc. Numidia] was governed by proconsuls..under the orders of the Vicar of Carthage by the Prefect of the Italian Pretorium. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lx. 501 The Romans had..made it [sc. Herod's palace] the Praetorium, or head-quarters. 1923 E. A. Powell By Camel & Car to Peacock Throne ii. 41 The Via Dolorosa, the modern counterpart of the steep and narrow path which led from the Praetorium, the judment-hall of Pilate. 1990 J. Wacher & B. C. Burnham Small Towns of Rom. Brit. 54 Another possible official building, constructed of wood..has been tentatively interpreted as a praetorium, which could provide a residence for high-ranking officers or accommodation for them when travelling. 2. An official building, esp. one associated with legal proceedings, as a council chamber, courthouse, or the court or palace of a monarch. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > other spec. hallc1302 prytaneum1577 praetorium?1586 Roman bath1680 Colosseum1809 kursaal1850 scuola1851 culture centre1890 cultural centre1891 club1896 ?1586 in Juridical Rev. (1892) 4 105 [The] auld tolbuith [magniloquently called] the prætorium [of Edinburgh]. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Zz3 The Prætorium or rather the Stadthouse [at Nimmigen]..is a very ancient & stately place. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 205 [Hannibal] became a client to Prusias the Bithynian king; at whose prætorium, or court, he was glad to wait for a hearing. 1722 J. Bingham Ecclesiæ Primitivæ Notitia xix. 519 The first meeting of the Council, which was in the Episcopal Prætorium of Constantinople. 1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. ii. 61 This palace, or prætorium, falling into decay, was replaced by a strong Saracenic fortress. 1895 Times 9 Aug. 3/2 We were taken in palanquins to the pretorium of Hua-yang-hien, where we found 18 English or Americans reduced, like us, to the condition of prisoners or beggars. 1991 A. Wroe Lives, Lies, & Iran-Contra Affair 53 The great storm of Irangate, as Le Monde lamented, had blown itself out; there remained nothing but ‘a draught or two, like memories, blowing from time to time across the praetorium’. 3. Chiefly Roman History. In a military camp or fort: the tent or other headquarters of the commanding officer; the area surrounding this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > officer's tent principiums1591 praetorium1600 marquee1690 marquise1749 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxxvi. 274 When he was come to the Pretorium, the Consull by sound of trumpet, called all the armie to an audience. a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover iv. iii. 54 in 3 New Playes (1655) As I rode forth With some choise troops to make discovery Where the Enemy lay... the Dukes Pretorium open'd. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 89/2 The Prætorium, or General's Tent. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 15 In the midst of the camp, the prætorium, or general's quarters, rose above the others. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 77 ‘From this very Prætorium’—A voice from behind interrupted his extatic description—‘Prætorian here, Prætorian there, I mind the bigging o't.’ 1843 T. Arnold & J. C. Hare Hist. Rome III. 131 When one of their tribes first saw the habits of a Roman camp and observed the centurions walking up and down before the prætorium for exercise. 1894 Dict. National Biogr. XL. 182/2 The town's bowling-green, the most conspicuous situation in Paisley, formerly the prætorium of a Roman camp. 1926 A. Weigall Wanderings Rom. Brit. xxi. 152 The churchyard occupies and conceals the site of the Prætorium, or headquarters, and some of the granaries and barracks. 2002 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 6 Oct. 3 In from the arch stood the praetorium, the headquarters building, in which stood the sacellum. 4. Roman History. The quarters of the Praetorian Guard in Rome. Now rare. ΚΠ 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 96 The ruines of the Pretorium, the Quarters of the Pretorian Bands, which the Emperours lodged here. 1800 Butler's Lives Saints (new ed.) XII. 113 The prefect of the prætorium at Rome was the commander of the emperor's guard called prætorian. 1904 G. Smith Short Hist. Christian Missions ii. v. 48 Paul lived in Rome and near the Praetorium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1536 |
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