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- noun Plural form of
procurator .
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The official residence of the procurators was the palace of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Balliol, one of the outside "procurators" was to be a Franciscan.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.
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Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.
The Roman Empire, the Early Christian Martyrs and a Thought about the Martyrology 2009
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Also, given a common objection on these threads that the cast of characters in the Gospels "disappear" in other early Christian sources, I wonder if mythicists express similar doubts about Josephus' prophetic or messianic figures given the single attestation in a secondary source and support for his ideological/apologetic purpose of shifting blame onto a few rebellious individuals and a few bad procurators - Judas the Galilean who "founded" the fourth philosophy Ant.
Mythicism and John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010
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Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.
Tacitus on Mythicism James F. McGrath 2010
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I have come across instances of popular representations against the administration of the Condado, and there are cases of Rendeiros complaining against the abuse of authority and funds by the procurators of the House of Fronteira in Goa.
Crumbling village house in India and Cuncolim���s centuries old land issue 2009
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An attempt by the Venetian procurators, in March 1551, to make him return to S Marco was unsuccessful, and he remained in Vienna until his death.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate, and a most mischievous superstition thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular.
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In essence, this body of instructions required procurators and courts to tailor justice to what best served the Party's highly ideological "anti-separatism" campaign.
Human Rights Watch: Year After Tibet Riots, Hundreds Of Detainees And Prisoners Unaccounted For 2009
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