quaestor
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
quaestor (plural quaestors)
- (historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
- 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2:
- Decoratus was quæstor in A.D. 508.
- 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2:
- (historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
- (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
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