vigintisexvirate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin vīgintisexvirātus, from vīginti (“twenty”) + sex (“six”) + vir (“man”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Noun
editvigintisexvirate (plural vigintisexvirates)
- 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.
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editReferences
edit- "vigintisexvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.