decemvirate

English

Alternative forms

• Decemvirate (specific uses)
• (misspelling): decimvirate

Etymology

From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Noun

decemvirate (plural decemvirates)

1. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

Related terms

• decemvir
• decemviral

Translations

Translations

• French: décemvirat (fr) m
• Italian: decemvirato m
• Polish: decemwirat (pl) m

References

• "decemvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• “decemvirate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.