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PREFECTURAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a prefecture

Example:

a prefectural museum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

prefecture (the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire))

Derivation:

prefecture (the office of prefect)

prefecture (the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire))

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