Pretorium

2 definitions found

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

  Pretorium \Pre*to"ri*um\, n. [L. praetorium, fr. praetor.]
     1. The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of
        war, because held in the general's tent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The official residence of a governor of a province; hence,


        a place; a splendid country seat.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pretorium
       n : the tent of an ancient Roman general [syn: {praetorium}]