decemvirate
a board or group of decemvirs.
the office or government of decemvirs.
Origin of decemvirate
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How to use decemvirate in a sentence
The decemvirate instituted at Rome; the Twelve Tables of law framed.
Two years were spent by this commission, and upon their return in 452 the above mentioned decemvirate was appointed.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD | Robert F. PennellThe lore was complete about the time of the decemvirate, but decreta must have been continually added (p. 23).
The Religious Experience of the Roman People | W. Warde FowlerOn the whole we may put the great period of the college between the decemvirate and the war with Hannibal.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People | W. Warde Fowler
British Dictionary definitions for decemvirate
/ (dɪˈsɛmvɪrɪt, -ˌreɪt) /
a board of decemvirs
the rule or rank of decemvirs
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