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单词 quaestory
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quaestoryn.

Forms: 1600s questory; Scottish pre-1700 questorie.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quaestorium.
Etymology: < classical Latin quaestorium quaestor's headquarters, use as noun of neuter of quaestorius (see quaestorian adj.).
Obsolete. rare.
= quaestorship n.; (also) the place in which a quaestor works.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > quaestor > position of
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1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. xxi. 126 The small pepill had sic victorie þat þai belevit e questorie [L. quaesturam] nocht to be þe end of þis honoure.
1633 E. Grimeston tr. Polybius Hist. vi. 298 In regard of the Market-place, the Pretorium and Questory [Gk. τὴν δ'ἀγορὰν καὶ τὸ ταμιεῖον καὶ τὸ στρατήγιον], they place them in the midst of the two Armies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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