centumvirate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin centumvirātus, from centumvirī (“centumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Noun
[edit]centumvirate (plural centumvirates)
- A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
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[edit]References
[edit]- "centumvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “centumvirate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.