Quindecemvir
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin, from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.
[edit] Noun
Quindecemvir (plural Quindecemvirs or Quindecemviri)
- (Roman history) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
[edit] References
- Quindecemvir in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
