Hypertext Webster Gateway: "praetorium"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Praetorium
The Greek word (praitorion) thus rendered in Mark 15:16 is
rendered "common hall" (Matt. 27:27, marg., "governor's house"),
"judgment hall," (John 18:28, 33, marg., "Pilate's house", 19:9;
Acts 23:35), "palace" (Phil. 1:13). This is properly a military
word. It denotes (1) the general's tent or headquarters; (2) the
governor's residence, as in Acts 23:35 (R.V., "palace"); and (3)
the praetorian guard (See {PALACE}), or the camp or
quarters of the praetorian cohorts (Acts 28:16), the imperial
guards in immediate attendance on the emperor, who was "praetor"
or commander-in-chief.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Praetorium \Pr[ae]*to"ri*um\, n.
See {Pretorium}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
praetorium
n : the tent of an ancient Roman general [syn: {pretorium}]
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