We must add to this the passage quoted from Pomponius and from such strong proofs, it seems incontestable that the emperors had granted some kind of privilege to certain civilians, quibus permissum erat jura condere.
Comestor adds to the Scripture narrative, ‘et erat propheta in luto usque ad guttur.
While the train was camped on a small creek flowing into the Elkhorn, a young squaw was seen, who belonged to the neighboring Pita-hau-erat village.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.