prefect
prefect is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] Brande & C.
- 2.In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. Apostolic prefect (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. Shipley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- accredit
- acting
- alter
- answer
- appear
- archon
- behalf
- brief
- champion
- chancellor
- commissioner
- consul
- delegate
- deputy
- director
- ego
- eight
- eleven
- for
- friend
- governor
- hold
- lieutenant
- minister
- next
- plenipotentiary
- premier
- proconsul
- provost
- proxy
- regal
- regent
- represent
- representative
- secondary
- stand
- stead
- substitute
- surrogate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is prefect.
- What is a superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] Brande & C called?
- What is in the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. Apostolic prefect (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. Shipley called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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