单词 | pretoir |
释义 | † pretoirn.adj. Obsolete. rare. A. n. Roman History. The Praetorian Guard. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] > specific praetorya1387 pretoira1393 Switzer1591 Scots Guard1602 palatines1623 Swiss guardc1660 yeomanry1673 immortal1803 household brigade1814 Varangian Guard1831 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2847 A Romein, Which Consul was of the Pretoire..sette a lawe for the pes. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 297 Whilom a prefect in Roome, the cite, Of the Pretoire. B. adj. Relating to a hall or palace. Cf. praetory n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [adjective] pretoir1485 palaestral?a1513 palaestrialc1550 palatine1598 palatiate1632 palatial?1722 palaceda1789 impalaced1845 palatian1845 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. ev/1 In one of the quarters was a gardyn pretoyre meruaylously fayr wherin floures ne fruytes faylled neuer [Fr. avoit ung pretoire]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.a1393 |
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