† pretexˈtatian, a. Obs.
In 8 præ-.
[f. L. prætextāt-us clothed with the toga prætexta (see pretext a.), in ætās prætextāta (Gellius) + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to those who wore the prætexta (i.e. to children under seventeen years of age).
| 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 355 Children, under the said Septennian Age; for, from those Years upwards to the Prætextatian term of fifteen or upwards, the Doctor prescribes [etc.]. |