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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURULE, a. [L., a chariot.] Belonging to a chariot. The curule chair or seat, among the Romans, was a stool without a back, covered with leather, and so made as to be folded. It was conveyed in a chariot, and used by public officers.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin curulis, perhaps alteration of currulis of a chariot, from currus chariot, from currere to run Date: 1600 1. relating to or being a high-ranking dignitary of ancient Rome entitled to occupy a special chair 2. of, relating to, or being a chair or seat reserved for Romans of high rank that resembles a backless stool with curved legs; also of, relating to, or being a 19th century seat with legs of a similar style

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Rom.Hist. designating or relating to the authority exercised by the senior Roman magistrates, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis ('curule seat' or seat of office). Etymology: L curulis f. currus chariot (in which the chief magistrate was conveyed to the seat of office)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Curule Cu"rule (k[=u]"r[udd]l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a chariot: cf. F. curule.] 1. Of or pertaining to a chariot. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official. Note: The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with gold. Curule dignity right of sitting in the curule chair.