<OL TYPE="1"><LI>the commander of an army<LI>in the NT a civic commander, a governor<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases<LI>of civil magistrates</OL><LI>captain of the temple, i.e. the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple</OL>