quindecemvir

English

Etymology

From Latin quindecemvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”)

Noun

quindecemvir (plural quindecemvirs or quindecemviri)

  1. (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.

Coordinate terms

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