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decemvirates

decemvirates is the plural of decemvirate.

Meaning of decemvirate

Noun

decemvirate (plural decemvirates)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    government

Questions about decemvirates

What is decemvirates the plural of?
Decemvirates is the plural of decemvirate.

Words near decemvirates in the dictionary

  1. decemuiri
  2. decemuirs
  3. decemvir
  4. decemviral
  5. decemvirate
  6. decemvirates
  7. decemviri
  8. decemvirs
  9. decemvirship
  10. decenal
  11. decenals

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