Word
Prefect
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
pre-fect
Definition
- n. - A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a
particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the
aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of
provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops
guarding the emperor's person.
- n. - A superintendent of a department who has control of its
police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal
regulation.
- n. - In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of
certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
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