(adj) characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; - Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr., Syn.Pretorian, Example: a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble
n. [ L., imperative of praecipere to give rules or precepts. See Precept. ] (Law) (a) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it. (b) A paper containing the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Precocious. ] (Zool.) A division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ L. praecognitus, p. p. of praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-, and Cognition. ] This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. præ + commissure. ] (Anat.) A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure. [ 1913 Webster ]
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