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Praesidium

noun
1.
A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session.  Synonym: presidium.






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... praetore[110] missus est, adnitente Crasso, quod eum infestum inimicum Gn. Pompeio cognoverat. Neque tamen senatus provinciam invitus dederat; quippe foedum hominem a re publica procul esse volebat; simul quia boni complures praesidium in eo putabant, et jam tum potentia Pompeii formidolosa erat. Sed is Piso in provincia ab equitibus Hispanis, quos in exercitu ductabat, iter faciens occisus est. Sunt qui ita dicunt,[111] imperia ejus injusta, superba, crudelia barbaros nequivisse pati; ...
— De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino • Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)

... ostiis inserit, Julinique vacuas defensoribus aedes, incendio adortus, rehabitatae urbis novitatem, iterata penatium strage, consumpsit.... Juilinenses, cum urbis uae recenses ruinas, ferendae obsidioni, inhabiles cernerent, perinde ac viribus orbati, deserta patria, praesidium Caminense petiverunt, aliena amplexi moenia, qui propria ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 • Various



Words linked to "Praesidium" :   presidium, committee, commission



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