"centumvirate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: centumvirates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin centumvirātus, from centumvirī (“centumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|centumvirātus}} Latin centumvirātus, {{m|la|centumvirī||centumvirs}} centumvirī (“centumvirs”), {{m|la|-ātus||-ate}} -ātus (“-ate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} centumvirate (plural centumvirates)
  1. A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome. Categories (topical): Forms of government, Hundred, Politics Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: government Coordinate_terms: government

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