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curule

cu·rule [ kyr l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
with high privileges: in ancient Rome, having the status to sit on an official chair curule chair and the privileges associated with this status

[Mid-16th century. < Latin curulis< currus "chariot" < currere "to run"; because the chief Roman magistrate was conveyed in a chariot]
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