curule seat

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• Curule seat — Two pairs of bronze legs, belonging to sellae curules, preserved in the museum at Naples (Museo Borbonico, vol. vi. tav. 28); and a sella curulis, copied from the Vatican collection.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Curule chair — According to Livy the curule chair originated in Etruria, and it has been used on surviving Etruscan monuments to identify magistrates, [Thomas Schäfer, Imperii insignia: Sella Curulis und fasces. Zur Repräsentation römischer Magistrate , (Mainz) …   Wikipedia

• curule — adj. Rom.Hist. designating or relating to the authority exercised by the senior Roman magistrates, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis ( curule seat or seat of office). Etymology: L curulis f. currus chariot …   Useful english dictionary

• curule chair — (in ancient Rome) a folding seat with curved legs and no back, often ornamented with ivory, used only by certain high officials. [1775 85] * * * Latin  Sella Curulis,         a style of chair reserved in ancient Rome for the use of the highest… …   Universalium

• curule chair — (in ancient Rome) a folding seat with curved legs and no back, often ornamented with ivory, used only by certain high officials. [1775 85] * * * curule chair, a special seat, inlaid with ivory and shaped like a campstool with curved legs,… …   Useful english dictionary

• seat — Synonyms and related words: CP, Eames chair, GHQ, HQ, Hitchcock chair, TV chair, abiding place, abode, accommodate, address, angle, armchair, armless chair, arse, ass, back seat, backside, banquette, bar stool, barber chair, barrel chair, base,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• curule — adjective /ˈkjʊəɹuːl/ Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome. , 1985: Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an… …   Wiktionary

• 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

• curule — [ kjʊəru:l] adjective denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (a kind of folding chair). Origin C17: from L. curulis,… …   English new terms dictionary

• curule chair — cu′rule chair n. anq (in ancient Rome) a folding seat with curved legs, used as a chair of state by higher magistrates • Etymology: 1775–85 …   From formal English to slang

• curulechair — curule chair n. A seat with heavy curved legs and no back, reserved for the use of the highest officials in ancient Rome. Also called curule seat. * * * …   Universalium