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What (who) is Prefect - definition
MAGISTERIAL TITLE
Præpositor; Praepositor; Prefects; City Prefect; Prefetto; Prefekt; Pro-Prefect; Pro-prefect; Cardinal-prefect; Camp prefect; Prefect of Discipline; Senior Prefect; School prefect; Cardinal-Prefect; Prefettura
![Saint Margaret]] attracts the attention of the Roman prefect, by [[Jean Fouquet]] from an [[illuminated manuscript]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sainte Marguerite et Olibrius.jpg?width=200 "Saint Margaret]] attracts the attention of the Roman prefect, by [[Jean Fouquet]] from an [[illuminated manuscript]]")
prefect
(prefects)
1.
In some schools, especially in Britain, a prefect is an older pupil who does special duties and helps the teachers to control the younger pupils.
N-COUNT
2.
In some countries, a prefect is the head of the local government administration or of a local government department.
...the police prefect for the district of Mehedinti.
N-COUNT
Prefect
·noun In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
II. Prefect ·noun A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.
III. Prefect ·noun 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.
prefect
¦ noun
1. chiefly Brit. a senior pupil authorized to enforce discipline in a school.
2. a chief officer, magistrate, or regional governor in certain countries.
a senior magistrate or governor in the ancient Roman world.
Derivatives
prefectoral adjective
prefectorial adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. praefectus, praeficere 'set in authority over', from prae 'before' + facere 'make'.
Wikipedia
Prefect
Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area.
A prefect's office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture, but in various post-Roman empire cases there is a prefect without a prefecture or vice versa. The words "prefect" and "prefecture" are also used, more or less conventionally, to render analogous words in other languages, especially Romance languages.
Examples of use of Prefect
1. The event was also attended by Athens Prefect Yiannis Sgouros and Piraeus Prefect Yiannis Michas.
2. Among the candidates approved yesterday were outspoken Thessaloniki Prefect Panayiotis Psomiadis and current Drama–Kavala–Xanthi Prefect Costas Tsatsis.
3. Prefect attacked A 60–year–old man was detained by police in Thessaloniki yesterday after he threw yogurt at local Prefect Panayiotis Psomiadis.
4. Athens–Piraeus Prefect Constantina Bei replaces Fofi Gennimata as new head of prefecture PASOK‘s Constantina Bei was named the new Athens–Piraeus prefect on Saturday.
5. ND also nominated City of Athens council member Fotini Pipili for the position of Athens prefect and Poros Mayor Spyros Spyridonas as Piraeus prefect.