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quindecemvirate

quindecemvirate is the alternative form of quindecimvirate.

Meaning of quindecimvirate

Noun

quindecimvirate

  1. (uncommon) A group of fifteen people, especially (politics) a council of fifteen men sharing office or rule, particularly such groups of magistrates in ancient Rome.
    Synonyms:
    government

Origin of quindecemvirate

Alternative form of quindecimvirate under the influence of Latin decem &c.

Questions about quindecemvirate

What is quindecemvirate the alternative form of?
Quindecemvirate is the alternative form of quindecimvirate.

Words near quindecemvirate in the dictionary

  1. quindecamine
  2. quindecangle
  3. quindecangles
  4. quindecasyllabic
  5. quindecemvir
  6. quindecemvirate
  7. quindecemviri
  8. quindecemvirs
  9. quindecennalia
  10. quindecennalias
  11. quindecennial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quindecemvirate (page history and authors); quindecimvirate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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