English Explanatory Dictionary

decemvirate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

decemvirate decemvirates decimvirate

Etymology

From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Synonyms

government

Related words

decemvir decemviral
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