PROPRE'FECT, noun Among the Romans, a prefect's lieutenant commissioned to do a part of the duty of the perfect.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PROPRE'FECT, noun Among the Romans, a prefect's lieutenant commissioned to do a part of the duty of the perfect.
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