undecimvirate

English

Etymology

From undecimvir + -ate, after the pattern of decemvirate &c.

Noun

undecimvirate (plural undecimvirates)

  1. A group of eleven people, especially (politics) a council of eleven men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of eleven magistrates in ancient Athens.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms
  • undecimvir

References
  • "unde'cimvir, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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