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duodecemvirate

duodecemvirate is the alternative form of duodecimvirate.

Meaning of duodecimvirate

Noun

duodecimvirate

  1. (uncommon) A group of twelve people, especially (politics) a council of twelve men sharing office or rule, particularly such groups of magistrates in ancient Rome.
    • Strabo ſeems to ſay, there were fronting theſe halls, (which Diodorus likewiſe ſeems to diſtinguiſh from the labyrinth, ſtyling it the work of the Duodecimvirate) 27 other halls.1789, William Williams, Primitive History, from the Creation to Cadmus, page 482
    Synonyms:
    government

Origin of duodecemvirate

Misspelling of duodecimvirate after Latin decem.

Questions about duodecemvirate

What is duodecemvirate the alternative form of?
Duodecemvirate is the alternative form of duodecimvirate.

Words near duodecemvirate in the dictionary

  1. duodecasyllabic
  2. duodecasyllable
  3. duodecasyllables
  4. Duodecember
  5. duodecemvir
  6. duodecemvirate
  7. duodecennial
  8. duodecet
  9. duodecets
  10. duodecic
  11. duodecillion

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