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What (who) is curule - definition
TYPE OF FOLDABLE SEAT IN ANCIENT ROME
Sella Curulis; Curule Chair; Curule; Curule chairs; Sella curulis; Curule chair
![The [[throne of Dagobert]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dagoberto París 01.JPG?width=200 "The [[throne of Dagobert]]")
![Sella Curulis - Curule seat: Wood carved and gilded. Berlin around 1810. The design probably by [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sella Curulis - Curule Seat around 1810.jpg?width=200 "Sella Curulis - Curule seat: Wood carved and gilded. Berlin around 1810. The design probably by [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]].")
![[[Macrinus]] on an [[aureus]]. On the reverse, the emperor and his son are sitting on their ''curule chairs''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aureus Macrinus-RIC 0079.jpg?width=200 "[[Macrinus]] on an [[aureus]]. On the reverse, the emperor and his son are sitting on their ''curule chairs''.")
![Engraving of a sealing of [[Peter II of Aragon]], ca 1196—1213From [[Louis Blancard]], ''Iconographie des sceaux et bulles'', 1860.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter II of Aragon.jpg?width=200 "Engraving of a sealing of [[Peter II of Aragon]], ca 1196—1213From [[Louis Blancard]], ''Iconographie des sceaux et bulles'', 1860.")
![Bibliothèque nationale]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orde van de Ster.jpg?width=200 "Bibliothèque nationale]])")
![Paul van Somer]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesIEngland.jpg?width=200 "Paul van Somer]]")
 (one of a pair) MET DP113122.jpg?width=200 "French folding stool, curule style, 1786")
![Hamlet]], seated in a curule chair, c. 1870](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin Booth Hamlet 1870.jpg?width=200 "Hamlet]], seated in a curule chair, c. 1870")
![The [[Governor-general of Canada]], circa 1900.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/4th Earl of Minto.jpg?width=200 "The [[Governor-general of Canada]], circa 1900.")
.png?width=200 "Tomb of the Augurs (530 BCE). A small slave bears a curule seat on his shoulders in the bottom left corner.")
.png?width=200 "Tomb of the Jugglers (520 BCE). On the lower right corner of the wall, a magistrate sits on his sella curulis.")
curule
['kj??ru:l]
¦ adjective denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (a kind of folding chair).
Origin
C17: from L. curulis, from currus 'chariot' (in which the chief magistrate was conveyed to the seat of office).
Curule
·adj Of or pertaining to a chariot.
II. Curule ·adj Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.
Curule seat
A curule seat is a design of a (usually) foldable and transportable chair noted for its uses in Ancient Rome and Europe through to the 20th century. Its status in early Rome as a symbol of political or military power carried over to other civilizations, as it was also used in this regard by kings in Europe, Napoleon, and others.
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Curule seat
A curule seat is a design of a (usually) foldable and transportable chair noted for its uses in Ancient Rome and Europe through to the 20th century. Its status in early Rome as a symbol of political or military power carried over to other civilizations, as it was also used in this regard by kings in Europe, Napoleon, and others.
