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.

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comitia British  

/ kəˈmɪʃɪə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• comitial
  adjective

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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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Example Sentences

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comitia

The Plebeians first gained their tribunes, who could protect their interests against the one-sided legislation of the dominant class; then, the right of discussing and deciding certain public questions in the comitia, or public assembly.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Among other measures calculated to win popularity, he proposed a modification of the lex Ælia Fufia, declaring it illegal for a magistrate to stop legislative comitia by "watching the sky."

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh

In this assembly we have the origin of the comitia tributa or Assembly of the Tribes.

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

The people composed a concio, but no comitia.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

The gold medal of General Greene represents the head of that general, with this legend: nathanieli green, egregio duci, comitia americana.

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

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