decemvirate

English

Alternative forms

Decemvirate (specific uses)
(misspelling): decimvirate

Etymology

From Latin decemvirātus, from decemvirī (“decemvirs”) +‎ -ātus (“-ate”).

Noun

decemvirate (plural decemvirates)

A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Related terms

Translations

Translations

French: décemvirat (fr) m
Italian: decemvirato m
Polish: decemwirat (pl) m

References

"decemvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
“decemvirate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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