Prætor

Pretor , prē′tor, n. a magistrate of ancient Rome, next in rank to the consuls.— adjs. Prætō′rial , Pretō′rial , Prætō′rian , Pretō′rian , pertaining to a prætor or magistrate: authorised or exercised by the prætor: judicial.— ns. Prætō′rium , Pretō′rium , the official residence of the Roman prætor, proconsul, or governor in a province: the general's tent in a camp: the council of officers who attended the general and met in his tent; Præ′torship .— Prætori an band of guard , the bodyguard of the Roman Emperor; Prætori an gate , the gate of a Roman camp directly in front of the general's tent, and nearest to the enemy. [L. prætor , for præit or — præ , before, īre , itum , to go.]