Definition of Cuule
Cu"rule (kū"r&udd;l), a. [L.
curulis, fr. currus a chariot: cf. F.
curule.] 1. Of or pertaining to a
chariot.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining
to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and
dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to
sit in the curule chair; hence, official.
&fist; The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp
stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented
with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with
gold.
Curule dignity right of sitting in the
curule chair.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome
*1985: Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco's post, he made for the curule chair. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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