praefectura

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

praefectūra ae, f

praefectus, the office of an overseer, overseership, superintendence : domūs, Iu.— The office of governor in a province, provincial deputyship, prefecture : praefecturas sumere: multorum consulum praefecturas accipit, N.— A city governed by a prefect, prefecture , C., Ta.