Meaning of praesul | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a public dancer who dances in leaps
   declension-3, masculine
2. the leader of the Salii (ancient Roman priests of Mars)
   declension-3, masculine
3. director, president
   declension-3, masculine, post-Classical
4. patron, protector
   declension-3, masculine, post-Classical
5. bishop
   Ecclesiastical, Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-3, masculine

Examples

“Octavo aetatis anno in Saliorum collegium rettulit. [...] Fuit in eo sacerdotio et praesul et vates et magister, et multos inauguravit et exauguravit nemine praeeunte, quod ipse carmina cuncta didicisset.”

When he [Marcus Aurelius] was eight years old, he [Hadrian] enrolled him in the college of the Salii. … In that priesthood, he was leader and seer and master, admitting and expelling many men, without anybody dictating the songs to him as he had learned them all.

“Te lucis ante terminum / rerum creator poscimus / ut solita clementia / sis praesul ad custodiam.”

Before the end of the light, we beseech Thee, creator of things, that by thy accustomed mercy thou wouldst be [our] protector unto safekeeping.

“Bibit puer, bibit canus / bibit praesul et decanus”

Children drink, the grey-haired drink / Bishops drink and [so do] deacons

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