adj. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a chariot.
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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining or belonging to a chariot.
Privileged to sit in a curule chair: as, the curule magistrates.
Word Usage
"They wore a robe edged with violet color, sat in their chairs of state called curule chairs, and were attended by twelve lictors each."