triumvirate
[trahy-uhm-ver-it, -vuh-reyt]
- Roman History. the office or magistracy of a triumvir.
- a government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly.
- a coalition of three magistrates or rulers for joint administration.
- any association of three in office or authority.
- any group or set of three.
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Origin of triumvirate
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Contemporary Examples
Successful politicians seek to marry a triumvirate of charisma, certitude, and leadership.
Beyond this triumvirate I struggle to recall something or someone truly remarkable.
Historical Examples
They, with Gallatin, formed the triumvirate which ruled the country for sixteen years.
Albert GallatinJohn Austin Stevens
To him there was no Triumvirate: the word had never been mentioned to his ears.
The Life of CiceroAnthony Trollope
The Third Triumvirate went down to breakfast with small appetite.
The VarmintOwen Johnson
The alliance of these three men is called the First Triumvirate.
A Treasury of Heroes and HeroinesClayton Edwards
Meanwhile what were Cæsar's partners in the Triumvirate doing?
Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15)Charles Morris
triumvirate
- (in ancient Rome)
- a board of three officials jointly responsible for some task
- the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, formed in 60 bc (First Triumvirate)
- the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc (Second Triumvirate)
- any joint rule by three men
- any group of three men associated in some way
- the office of a triumvir
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Word Origin and History for triumvirate
n.
1580s, from Latin triumviratus, from triumvir (see triumvir).
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