decemvir
noun
a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
decemviri
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pluralof decemvir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The books of the decemviri, we must suppose, were burnt with the oracles in 38 B.C.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
This impiety being converted into a prodigy, as is usually the case when happening in the midst of so many calamities, the decemviri were desired to consult the sacred books.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
The "decemviri" were to have plenary power for ten years.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Anthony Trollope
Then a lectisternium was celebrated for three days, the decemviri for sacred things superintending.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
The next day a decree of the senate was passed, that the decemviri should inspect the books relating to the celebration of games and sacred rites in honour of Apollo.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
