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Meaning of Catilinarian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/ˌkætɪlɪˈnɛəɹiən/

Definitions

Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator who attempted to overthrow the Roman Empire; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

Equivalents

Français catilinaire
Italiano catilinario

Examples

“Catilinarian conspiracy”
“Catilinarian War”
“We cannot execrate the conspirators who murdered Cæsar as we would do those who might now plot the death of a tyrant; nor can we deal as heavily with the murderers of Cæsar as we would have done then with Catilinarian conspirators in Rome, had Catiline's conspiracy succeeded.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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