undecimvirate
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (misspelling): undecemvirate
Etymology edit
From Latin ūndecimvirātus, from ūndecimvirī (“undecimvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Noun edit
undecimvirate (plural undecimvirates)
- (uncommon) 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: see Thesaurus:government
- Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:government
Related terms edit
References edit
- "unde'cimvir, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.