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sextumvirate

sextumvirate is the alternative form of sexvirate.

Meaning of sexvirate

Noun

sexvirate (plural sexvirates)

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

Forms of sextumvirate

pluralsextumvirates

Origin of sextumvirate

From Latin sextum (“sixth”) + the latter part of triumvirate (“group of three men”), cf Latin seviratus. See also quadrumvirate, quartumvirate and quatrumvirate.

Questions about sextumvirate

What is sextumvirate the alternative form of?
Sextumvirate is the alternative form of sexvirate.

Words near sextumvirate in the dictionary

  1. sextrigintillion
  2. sextry
  3. sexts
  4. sextual
  5. sextually
  6. sextumvirate
  7. sextumvirates
  8. sextuor
  9. sextuors
  10. sextuple
  11. sextupled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sextumvirate (page history and authors); sexvirate (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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