decurion

• I would rather be a decurion, nay a simple warrior of his holiness than a centurion in priestly regiments; a pig or a dog may serve them, but not a believing Egyptian Eunana uttered the last words with such mad anger that the pharaoh said in Greek to Tutmosis Take him to the guard. —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
• Nor have they any reverence for the villa of the civic decurion or the Roman official. —  The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886
• All this tends at least to prove that we should read "decurion" for "deacon" in the "Confession According to the "Book of Sligo," St. Patrick was born on Wednesday (373), baptized on Wednesday, and died on Wednesday, March 17th, A.D. 493 THE DIFFERENT BIRTHPLACES ASSIGNED TO ST. PATRICK BARONIUS and Matthew of Westminster declare that St. Patrick was born in Ireland, but scarcely any writer of the present day ventures to express that view. —  Bolougne-Sur-Mer St. Patrick's Native Town
• "At least leave me half The decurion was losing patience and the shepherd had grown more than ever serious Fair!" —  The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem
• The young general, whose military cloak flaunted a purple border, called the decurion boyishly Well done, Sergius! —  The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem

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