centumvirate

English

Etymology

From centumvir + -ate, after the pattern of triumvirate etc.

Noun

centumvirate (plural centumvirates)

  1. A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.

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References
  • "centumvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • centumvirate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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