quaestor

IPA: kˈɛstɝ

(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
(historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.

Examples of "quaestor" in Sentences

Scrofa served as quaestor, and Quinctius was the cavalry commander who had tricked Spartacus at Cantenna.
Toranius served as Variniuss quaestor, a financial official with various civil and military responsibilities.
He had only been back in Rome for a few days, following his term as quaestor in Umbria, and was avid for the latest news.
Cicero was brilliant and a former quaestor but he was young; Verres was defended by the greatest advocate of the day, Hortensius.
Atalaric (such an official is called "quaestor" [65] by the Romans), and invited Belisarius to come to Rome, promising to put the city into his hands without a battle.
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