quindecemvir
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin quindecemvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”).
Noun
[edit]quindecemvir (plural quindecemvirs or quindecemviri)
- (historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
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[edit]References
[edit]- "quindecemvir, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “quindecemvir”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.