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What does curule mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word curule? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
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Until the 2nd century BC, the curule aedileships rotated on a yearly basis between patricians and plebeians.
After first arguing that the centuries had no relevant authority, he asserts that curule officials originally used the archaic curiate assembly in civil matters.
The curule aediles had responsibility for the ludi Romani and the Megalenses, which could be very expensive.
The nobles were the descendants of any one who had filled one of the following six curule offices, viz.
The curule aediles, who were the magistrates responsible for the care and supervision of the markets, also issued edicts.
The latter were called curule aediles and they were considered curule magistrates.

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