comitia
Americannoun
noun
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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
Example Sentences
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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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