Curule

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curule \Cu"rule\ (k[=u]"r[udd]l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a
     chariot: cf. F. curule.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a chariot.
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     2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair


        appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries;
        pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in
        the curule chair; hence, official.
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     Note: The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool,
           and provided with curved legs. It was at first
           ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of
           ivory and inlaid with gold.
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     {Curule dignity} right of sitting in the curule chair.
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