comitial
- a word derived from comitia.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This change suggested a renewed organization of the whole people for comitial purposes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
By means of comitial laws and tribunician dictation, he restricted the business of the Senate.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
The aged senator appeared before the crowd; he knew his disadvantage if the ordinary weapons of comitial strife were employed.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)
The decrees of the Senate thus acquired the validity of laws and after the time of Nerva comitial legislation completely ceased.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
Then followed the comitial days, on which a meeting of the senate was impossible.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
