Definitions For Decemvirate

Noun

DECEMVIRATE (plural DECEMVIRATEs) A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten man, men share, sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codify, codified roman law {{circa2, 450 {{BCE}}}}.

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Related terms

decemvir decemviral

Translations

French: décemvirat, m Italian: decemvirato, m Polish: decemwirat, m

Alternative forms

Decemvirate {{qualifier, specific uses}} misspelling decimvirate

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, decemviratus, decemvirātus}}, from {{suffix, la, decemviri, alt1=decemvirī, t1=decemvirs, atus, alt2=ātus, t2=-ate, nocat=1}}.