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comitia

American  
[kuh-mish-ee-uh] / kəˈmɪʃ i ə /

noun

Roman History.
  1. an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.


comitia British  
/ kəˈmɪʃəl, kəˈmɪʃɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient Roman assembly that elected officials and exercised judicial and legislative authority

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Etymology

Origin of comitia

1615–25; < Latin, plural of comitium assembly, equivalent to com- com- + -it-, noun derivative of īre to go ( cf. comes) + -ium -ium

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This bill aimed to create a land commission of ten members of praetorian rank, elected in a special comitia of seventeen tribes, which Rullus was to choose by lot.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The gold medal for General Gates represents the head of that general, with this legend: horatio gates, duci strenuo, comitia americana.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

Development of the tribunate and the comitia tributa.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

From a very early date the Roman people were divided into thirty groups called curiae, and these curiae served as the units in the organization of the oldest popular assembly—the comitia curiata.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The distant citizens could not come to the voting booths; the device of representation was not discovered; and the comitia fell into the power of the town voters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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