praetorship

[ pree-ter-ship ]

/ ˈpri tərˌʃɪp /

the office of a praetor.

Origin of praetorship

First recorded in 1535–45; praetor + -ship

The night that he was denied the praetorship he spent in play; that wherein he was to die he spent in reading.

The Essays of Montaigne, Complete |Michel de Montaigne
With the like indolence he held the Praetorship, and in the same quiet and silence.

The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus |Tacitus
For he rose no higher than the praetorship, but published a large and not uninteresting history.

The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete |C. Suetonius Tranquillus
The quaestorship might be spent in one, the praetorship and the consulship were sure to be followed by a year abroad.

The Private Life of the Romans |Harold Whetstone Johnston

No one could be Praetor without having first been Quaestor, or Consul without having held the praetorship.

History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD |Robert F. Pennell