prefecture

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Noun prefecture has 2 senses

prefecture - the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
--₁ is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
prefecture - the office of prefect
--₂ is a kind of position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

prefatorial prefatory prefect prefectching prefecting prefection prefectionist prefectural prefecture prefeitura prefer preferable preferableness preferably prefere prefered preference

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