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curule (iou)



curule adjective. M16.
[Latin curulis, from currus chariot, from currere to run.]
Hist. Designating a seat inlaid with ivory and shaped like a camp-stool with curved legs, used by the highest magistrates of ancient Rome; (of a magistrate etc.) entitled to sit on such a seat; gen. of high civic dignity.