Citerior

Quick meaning: Citerior is an adjective meaning (literary) Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

Meaning

(literary) Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

Example Sentences

It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.

[D]ifferent provinces fell to different Apostles, Parthia fell to Thomas; to Matthew fell Ethiopia; and the Citerior India adherent to it is said to have fallen to Bartholomew.

One of the new consuls was to take command in [Hispania] Citerior with a full consular army of two legions supported by 15,000 allied troops, 800 cavalry, and twenty-five warships.

The Abruzzo is alſo ſubdivided into the Abruzzo Citerior, the Abruzzo Ulterior, and the county of Moliſa. […] Finally, Calabria is ſubdivided into the Baſilicata, Calabria Citerior, and Calabria Ulterior.

Word Forms

• citeriour

Synonyms for citerior

Depending on context, synonyms include hither, proximate, close, immediate, near, nearby.

Antonyms for citerior

Common opposites include ulterior.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hither, ulterior, hithermost, hitherside, inside, near.

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