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 Definitions of decemvir  [əˌraɪ]  

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Definition of 'decemvir' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) decemvir
a member of any of several permanent boards or special commissions of ten members in ancient Rome, as the commission that drew up a code of laws 451-450 b.c.

2.  decemvir
a member of any council body of ten.

Etymology:  (1570–80; < L, orig. pl. decemvirī=decemten+virī men)

Definition of 'decemvir' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) decemvir
one of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome

2. (noun) decemvir
a member of any body of ten men in authority



'decemvir' - Nearby Entries  

decemlocular  decempedal  decemvir  decemviral  decemvirate  



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