1) Administrator 2) Ancient Roman title 3) Chief magistrate 4) Executive 5) Former Jesuit school official 6) French word used in English 7) Military rank 8) Parisian police officer 9) School monitor
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Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: `make in front`, i.e., put in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but which, basically, refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect`s office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture, but in various post-Roman empire cases there is......
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[France] A prefect (préfet) in France is the State`s representative in a department or region. Sub-prefects (French: sous-préfets) are responsible for the subdivisions of departments, arrondissements. The office of a prefect is known as a prefecture and that of a sub-prefect as a subprefecture. Prefects are appointed by a decree of the Pr...
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[Romania] A prefect (prefect) in Romania represents the Government in each of the country`s 41 counties, as well as the Municipality of Bucharest. ==Attributes== The main attributes of prefects are defined at Article 123 of the Constitution of Romania: Section 4 of this article was added in 2003; the remainder dates to 1991. The prefect`s r...
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• (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 ...
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(from the article `China`) Local administration went through a slow evolution. The prefecture system developed in both Jin and Chu was one innovation. In Jin there were several ... ...supervision rather than administration. Within these circuits, intendants were charged with overseeing the civil administration. Below these ... ...gov...
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in France, a high government official, similar to the intendant before the French Revolution. The French prefectoral corps was created in 1800 by ... [1 related articles]
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in ancient Rome, any of various high officials or magistrates having different functions.[5 related articles]
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French government official who, under the centralized Napoleonic system 1800-1984, was responsible for enforcing government policy in each département and région. In 1984 prefects were replaced...
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1. 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. ... 2. A superintendent of a department who has control of its...
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A general term used for the holders of different ranks in the military.
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Pre'fect noun [ Latin
praefectus , from
praefectus , past participle of
praeficere to set over;
prae before +
facere to make: confer French
préfet .]
1. A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; a...
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Prefect is a cultivated variety of potato.
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n] - a chief officer or chief magistrate
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[The Tempest] in some private schools, esp. in England, an older student with disciplinary authority.
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noun a chief officer or chief magistrate; `the prefect of Paris police`
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a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy. · · the dean of a Jesuit school or college. · a cardinal in charge of a congregation in the Curia Romana.
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