Meaning of prætorium | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“He erected his house therefore upon the interiour quarter of the camp, and within the fortified ground of the prætorium.”

“As for the void space behind the tribunes' tents on each side the prætorium, the one side is allotted for the markets, and the other is occupied by the quæstor and the ammunition.”

“We entered the prætorium and held grave converse.”

“An arrest close to the Temple and prætorium would also easily avoid public notice and hence not set off a riot – just arrest him and scoot him off to the nearby trial site – where an arrest at or near the Mount of Olives would require taking Jesus under guard across the entire breadth of the city of Jerusalem, which would almost certainly be noticed!”

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