vigintisexvirate

English

Etymology

From Latin vīgintisexvirātus, from vīginti (“twenty”) + sex (“six”) + vir (“man”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

Noun

vigintisexvirate (plural vigintisexvirates)

1. A group of twenty-six men, especially (politics) a council of twenty-six men who share office or rule, particularly (historical) various such councils in ancient Rome.

Related terms

• vigintisexvir

References

• "vigintisexvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.