vigintivirate
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin vīgintivirātus, from vīgintivirī (“vigintivirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Noun[edit]
vigintivirate (plural vigintivirates)
- A group of twenty people, especially (politics) a council of twenty men sharing an office or rule and particularly (historical) such an administrative council in ancient Rome.
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- "vigintivirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.