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

• triumvir, decemvir

Related terms

• quindecemvirate

References

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