septemvir
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Origin of septemvir
1750–60; singular of Latin septemvirī, equivalent to septem seven + virī, plural of vir man
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Do we not know then, O Pansa, over what places the authority of Lenti Caesennius, as a septemvir, prevails at present?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Among the interesting acquaintances which he formed at Augsburg, were two brothers, John and Paul Hainzel, the one a septemvir, and the other the consul or burgomaster.
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Brewster, David, Sir
"That the septemviri are to be exempt from blame or from prosecution for what they have done."
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
The septemviri were priests among the Romans, who prepared the sacred feasts at games, processions, and other solemn occasions: they were likewise assistants to the pontifices.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.
This celebration every five years, as long as it lasted, was in charge of the four priesthoods in succession,—I mean the pontifices and augurs and the so-called septemviri and quindecimviri.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
The number of septemvirs corresponded to the “seven hills” which were enclosed by Tullus Hostilius, and it is stated that there were seven places of worship in ancient Rome.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
For we all agreed with him and annulled the acts of the septemvirs.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
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