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Quirites

American

[kwi-rahy-teez, -ree-] / kwɪˈraɪ tiz, -ˈri- /

plural noun

the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.

Quirites British

/ kwɪˈraɪtiːz /

plural noun

the citizens of ancient Rome

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Etymology

Origin of Quirites

< Latin Quirītēs, plural of Quirīs, associated, perhaps by folk etymology, with Cures, a Sabine town

Example Sentences

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Quirites, we have been beaten in a great battle.

From The Lion's Brood by Osborne, Duffield

"It is according to law," growled the Quirites.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix

Thus Quirinus would be an oak-god, and Quirites oak-spearmen.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

This is mine, according to the law of the Quirites.

From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente

The owner said, in the presence of a magistrate, "I will that this man be free, after the manner of the Quirites."

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

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