Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prefecture"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prefecture \Pre"fec*ture\ (?; 277), n. [L. praefectura: cf. F.
pr['e]fecture.]
The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his
official residence.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prefecture
n 1: the district administered by a prefect (as in France or
Japan or the Roman Empire)
2: the office of prefect
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.