Word Meanings - PREFECTSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.

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• PREFECTURE
  The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• JURISDICTION
  The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes,
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• PREFECTSHIP
  The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• JURISDICTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights. Barrow.
• PREFECTORIAL
  Of or pertaining to a prefect.
• PREFECT
  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
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.
• OVEROFFICE
  To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.