decemvir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.

/dɪˈsɛm.və/ /dɪˈsɛm.vəɹ/

decemvir decemvirs decemviri decimvir

From Latin decemvir.

decemviral triumvir centumvir

decemviral decemvirate decemvirship

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