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prefectorial

[pree-fek-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.

Origin:
1860–65; < Late Latin praefectōri(us) (see prefect, -tory) + -al¹

Related forms

sub·pre·fec·to·ri·al, adjective

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prefect (ˈpriːfɛkt)

—n
1.	(in France, Italy, etc) the chief administrative officer in a department
2.	(in France, etc) the head of a police force
3.	(Brit) a schoolchild appointed to a position of limited power over his fellows
4.	(in ancient Rome) any of several magistrates or military commanders
5.	RC Church Also called: prefect apostolic an official having jurisdiction over a missionary district that has no ordinary
6.	RC Church one of two senior masters in a Jesuit school or college (the prefect of studies and the prefect of discipline or first prefect)
7.	RC Church a cardinal in charge of a congregation of the Curia

[C14: from Latin praefectus one put in charge, from praeficere to place in authority over, from prae before + facere to do, make]

prefectorial

—*adj*

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