decemvirate

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.

词形变化

decemvirates plural Decemvirate alternative decimvirate alternative

词源

From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
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