PREFECT
\pɹˈiːfɛkt], \pɹˈiːfɛkt], \p_ɹ_ˈiː_f_ɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of PREFECT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.
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In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A Roman governer; the head of a French department.
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Prefectship.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] A Roman officer who superintended a particular command, charge, or department ; - a chief magistrate who governed a city or province in the absence of the king or other lawful sovereign; a governor; magistrate ; superintendent ; viceroy.
