| prefect | 1. A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person. 2. A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. 3. In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. Origin: L. Praefectus, fr. Praefectus, p. P. Of praeficere to set over; prae = before + facere = to make: cf. F. Prefet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| prefect | a chief officer or chief magistrate |
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| prefect | of or relating to a prefecture |
| prefect | the office of prefect |
| prefect | the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) |
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