decemvirate
[ dih-sem-ver-it, -vuh-reyt ]
/ dɪˈsɛm vər ɪt, -vəˌreɪt /
noun
a board or group of decemvirs.
the office or government of decemvirs.
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Example sentences from the Web for decemvirate
The lore was complete about the time of the decemvirate, but decreta must have been continually added (p. 23).
The Religious Experience of the Roman People |W. Warde FowlerThe decemvirate instituted at Rome; the Twelve Tables of law framed.
On the whole we may put the great period of the college between the decemvirate and the war with Hannibal.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People |W. Warde FowlerTwo years were spent by this commission, and upon their return in 452 the above mentioned Decemvirate was appointed.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD |Robert F. Pennell
British Dictionary definitions for decemvirate
decemvirate
/ (dɪˈsɛmvɪrɪt, -ˌreɪt) /
noun
a board of decemvirs
the rule or rank of decemvirs