Definition of "curule" []

• Privileged to sit in a curule chair; of superior rank. (adjective)

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• "They wore a robe edged with violet color, sat in their chairs of state called curule chairs, and were attended by twelve lictors each."
• "Terentia, decked out in her new jewels, hissed at me that I had better take control of the situation before the house was entirely stripped bare, and so I hit on the ruse of sending two slaves up to the roof to fetch the curule chair, with instructions to tell Cicero that the symbol of his authority was required to lead the procession—an excuse which also had the merit of being true."
• "When we got back to the house Cicero was still on the roof, seated for the first time on his ivory curule chair."