octovirate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin octōvirātus, from octōvirī (“octovirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Noun
editoctovirate (plural octovirates)
- (uncommon) A group of eight people, especially (politics) a council of eight men who share office or rule.
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edit- "octovirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.