prefecture (c.1334)
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prefecture (c.1334)

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  FEW:  praefectus 9,293b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  prefecture 10,404a TL: prefecture 7,1717 DEAF:  prefect (prefecture)  DMF:  préfecture  TLF:  préfecture  OED:  prefecture n.  MED:  prefecture n.  DMLBS:  praefectura 2401a
 

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1hist.statusoccupationprefecture, office of senior magistrate or governor in ancient Rome: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  (Aelius Pertinax) plus de septant anz avoit fait la prefecture en Rome, et par conseil del senat fu comandé d’estre emperour  145.7
prefaire  prefect  prefection  prefectus 
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