patres conscripti
Americanplural noun
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Patres conscripti, pā′tres kon-skrip′tī, n.pl. conscript fathers: the senators of ancient Rome.
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In Rome the patrician families are called "Coscritti" in allusion to the Patres conscripti or senators of the city.
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In general, the project was exceedingly disagreeable to the assembled patres conscripti; therefore one of the local senators gave utterance to the brilliant idea that there was no need to improve the road, for they could go through Pan Skorabevski's meadow.
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In ancient Rome the members of the senate are the Patres conscripti, the “Conscript fathers.”
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Patres conscripti�took a boat and went to Philippi.
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