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cu⋅rule

[kyoor-ool]
–adjective
1. privileged to sit in a curule chair.
2. of the highest rank.

Origin:
1590–1600; < L curūlis
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cu·rule   (kyŏŏr'ōōl')   
adj.  Privileged to sit in a curule chair; of superior rank.

[Latin curūlis, of a curule chair, from currus, chariot, from currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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