"decemvirate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decemvirates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin decemvirātus, from decemvirī (“decemvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|decemviratus|decemvirātus}} Latin decemvirātus, {{suffix|la|decemviri|atus|alt1=decemvirī|alt2=ātus|nocat=1|t1=decemvirs|t2=-ate}} decemvirī (“decemvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} decemvirate (plural decemvirates)
  1. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE. Categories (topical): Collectives, Forms of government, Politics, Ten Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: government, Decemvirate (english: specific uses), decimvirate [misspelling] Related terms: decemvir, decemviral Coordinate_terms: government Translations (Translations): décemvirat [masculine] (French), decemvirato [masculine] (Italian), decemwirat [masculine] (Polish)

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