English Explanatory Dictionary

centumvirate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.

Word forms

centumvirate centumvirates

Etymology

From Latin centumvirātus, from centumvirī (“centumvirs, centumviri”) + ātus (abstract noun-forming suffix). Equivalent to centumvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office, here the group of people performing it).

Synonyms

government
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