English Explanatory Dictionary

quindecimvir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.

Word forms

quindecimvir quindecimvirs quindecimviri quindecemvir

Etymology

From Latin quīndecimvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).

Related words

quindecimviral quindecimvirate
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