Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging or pertaining to a prefect; exercised by a prefect: as, prefectoral authority.

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Examples

  • At least 160 rules and regulations have been adopted by provincial, prefectoral and county authorities in the ethnic Tibetan areas of Western China.

    Cultural Autonomy for Tibet 2008

  • When the prefectoral axe of the Baron Haussmann hewed its way through the

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • These doctors, chemists, cures, prefectoral councillors and country squires would possibly never have been depicted but for their having already existed for twenty years in the predecessor's gallery of portraits.

    Balzac Frederick Lawton

  • In the province, which is regarded as the local arm of governmental administration, the State exercises its functions through a prefect, who represents the central executive power and is assisted by a prefectoral council and an office of his own.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • On the one hand, it was enacted that they must each year draw up a list of their members, an inventory of their possessions, and a statement of their receipts and expenses, and must present these documents to the prefectoral authority upon demand.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • These doctors, chemists, cures, prefectoral councillors and country squires would possibly never have been depicted but for their having already existed for twenty years in the predecessor's gallery of portraits.

    Balzac Lawton, Frederick 1910

  • So I have come to see the Minister to beg him to give my future son-in-law a prefectoral secretaryship.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 3 ��mile Zola 1871

  • When the prefectoral axe of the Baron Haussmann hewed its way through the Faubourg St. Germain in order to create the boulevard to which this aristocratic centre has given its flame, the appropriation of private property for public purposes caused to disappear numerous ancient dwellings bearing armorial devices, torn down in the interest of the public good, to the equalizing level of a line of tramways.

    Zibeline — Complete Philippe Massa 1871

  • So I have come to see the Minister to beg him to give my future son-in-law a prefectoral secretaryship.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

  • When the prefectoral axe of the Baron Haussmann hewed its way through the

    Zibeline — Volume 2 Philippe Massa 1871

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