The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proceres
Proceres \Proc"e*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. procer ? chief.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of large birds; the Ratit[ae]; -- called also {Proceri}.
Usage examples of "proceres".
Calliditatem hominis non ignorans Imperator prior arma movere constituit, and stigmatizes the folly of the cum sacri tum profani proceres, which he had heard, amentes spe vana pasci.