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"Pretorian"
Keywords:
soldier
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praetorian
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venality
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schlesinger
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sycophantic
A soldier of the pretorian guard.
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characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to corruption or political venality; "a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
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Keywords:
praetorial
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praetor
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roman
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relating
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powers
of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
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Keywords:
magistrate
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judicial
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pertaining
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belonging
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exercised
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.
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