triumvirate
Syllables: tri·um·vir·ate/tɹaɪˈʌmvəɹət/
triumvirate noun: a council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
Noun
triumvirate (plural triumvirates)
- A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
- […] I muſt not forget to ſet dovvne a pretie jeſt, vvhich hath been reported by many as touching Lepidus: It happened during the time of his Triumvirat, […]1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXV.] The Manner How to Make Birds Silent, and to Leave Their Chattering and Singing. Who First Devised with Fire and Pencill to...
- [H]e frets / That Lepidus of the Triumpherate, ſhould be depos'd, / And being that, vve detaine all his Reuenue.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Any group of three joint rulers.
- Then vvas contriued a petition, as from the generalitie, vnto the triumuirat Gouernors; vvherein they ſupplicated, that by no meanes they ſhould reſigne the gouernment to any ſhould come from England, vpon vvhat tearmes ſoeuer, vntill ſix moneths after the returne of their ſhip ſent to the...1624, Iohn [i.e., John] Smith, “Captaine Iohn Mansfield His Moneth”, in The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: […], London: […] I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland]...
- Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio.
- I have therefore alvvayes endevoured to compoſe thoſe fevvds and angry diſſentions betvveene affection, faith, and reaſon. For there is in our ſoule a kind of Triumvirate, or triple government of three competitors, vvhich diſtract the peace of this our Common-vvealth, not leſſe than did that other...1642, [Thomas Browne], “[The First Part]”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC, page 36
- VVhen Johnson [Ben Jonson], [William] Shakespeare, and thy ſelfe [John Fletcher] did ſit, / And ſvvay'd in the Triumvirate of vvit— […]1647, I. Denham [i.e., John Denham], “On Mr. John Fletcher’s Workes”, in Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher [et al.], Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey...
triumvirate meaning in Kannada and Tagalog
triumvirate in Kannada
- ಮೂವರಾಳ್ವಿಕೆ, ಮುಕ್ಕೂಟ
triumvirate in Tagalog
- (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
- tatpuno
Examples of triumvirate in a sentence
- For there is in our ſoule a kind of Triumvirate, or triple government of three competitors, vvhich diſtract the peace of this our Common-vvealth, not leſſe than did that other the State of Rome.1642, [Thomas Browne], “[The First Part]”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC, page 36:
- [T]hat violent and lavvleſs Triumvirate vvithin him, under the falſifi'd names of his Reaſon, Honour, and Conſcience, the old circulating dance of his ſhifts and evaſions.1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Upon His Going to the Scots”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 188:
- O hovv I curſed the cenſoriouſneſs of this plaguy triumvirate!1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVI. Mr. Belford, to Robert Lovelace, Esq.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume...
- [T]he great triumvirate of Italian poetry, good sense, and culture called her [the city of Florence] mother.1870, James Russell Lowell, “Dryden”, in Among My Books, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 2:
Synonyms of triumvirate
Forms of triumvirate
| plural | triumvirates |
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Origin of triumvirate
Learned borrowing from Latin triumvirātus (“triumvirate”) (see -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks)), itself derived from triumvir (“member of a triumvirate”) + -ātus (“-ate”, suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks, or groups of officials associated with such offices or ranks); and triumvir from trium (“of three”) (the genitive form of trēs (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vir (“adult male human, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”)). By surface analysis, triumvir + -ate.
Questions about triumvirate
- What does triumvirate mean?
- Triumvirate means a council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
- What is triumvirate in Kannada?
- Triumvirate in Kannada is ಮೂವರಾಳ್ವಿಕೆ, ಮುಕ್ಕೂಟ. See Triumvirate meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use triumvirate in a sentence?
- For there is in our ſoule a kind of Triumvirate, or triple government of three competitors, vvhich diſtract the peace of this our Common-vvealth, not leſſe than did that other the State of Rome.
- What part of speech is triumvirate?
- Triumvirate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce triumvirate?
- Triumvirate is pronounced /tɹaɪˈʌmvəɹət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of triumvirate?
- The plural of triumvirate is triumvirates.
Words near triumvirate in the dictionary
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