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prefect |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prefect \Pre"fect\, n. [L. praefectus fr praefectus p. p. of praeficere to set over prae before + facere to make: cf F. pr['e]fet.] 1. A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person. 2. A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] --Brande & C. 3. In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. {Apostolic prefect} (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. --Shipley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prefect n : a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
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