vigintivirate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of twenty people, especially (politics) a council of twenty men sharing an office or rule and particularly (historical) such an administrative council in ancient Rome.

Word forms

vigintivirate vigintivirates

Etymology

From Latin vīgintivirātus, from vīgintivir + -ātus (“-ate”).

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