English

Noun

prætorium ‎(plural prætoria)

1. Alternative form of pretorium
   • 1775, John Whitaker, The History of Manchester: In Four Books - Volume 2, page 104:

     He erected his house therefore upon the interiour quarter of the camp, and within the fortified ground of the prætorium.

   • 1779, Joseph Strutt, The Chronicle of England; Or, a Compleat History, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical of the Ancient Britons and Saxons:

     As for the void space behind the tribunes' tents on each side the prætorium, the one side is allotted for the markets, and the other is occupied by the quæstor and the ammunition.

   • 1927, H.P. Lovecraft, The Very Old Folk:

     We entered the prætorium and held grave converse.

   • 2013, James David Audlin, The Gospel of John -Volume 2: Commentaries on the Text, ISBN 1304862771, page 856:

     An arrest close to the Temple and prætorium would also easily avoid public notice and hence not set off a riot – just arrest him and scoot him off to the nearby trial site – where an arrest at or near the Mount of Olives would require taking Jesus under guard across the entire breadth of the city of Jerusalem, which would almost certainly be noticed!