backless chair

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• curule — adjective Etymology: Latin curulis, perhaps alteration of currulis of a chariot, from currus chariot, from currere to run Date: 1600 1. relating to or being a high ranking dignitary of ancient Rome entitled to occupy a special chair 2. of,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary