vigintisexvirate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of twenty-six men, especially (politics) a council of twenty-six men who share office or rule, particularly (historical) various such councils in ancient Rome.

Word forms

vigintisexvirate vigintisexvirates

Etymology

From Latin vīgintisexvirātus, from vīgintisexvir + -ātus (“-ate”).

Related words

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