quindecemvir
English
Etymology
From Latin quindecemvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”)
Noun
quindecemvir (plural quindecemvirs or quindecemviri)
- (historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
Related terms
- quindecemvirate
Coordinate terms
- triumvir, decemvir
References
- "quindecemvir, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- quindecemvir in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.