decemvirate

Meanings

Plural: decemvirates

Noun

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.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Synonyms

government

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