vigintivirate
English
Etymology
From Latin vīgintivirātus, from vīgintivirī (“vigintivirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”)
Noun
vigintivirate (plural vigintivirates)
- A group of twenty people, especially (politics) a council of twenty men sharing an office or rule and particularly (historical) such an administrative council in ancient Rome.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:government
Coordinate terms
- See Thesaurus:government
Related terms
- vigintivir
- vigintiviral
References
- "vigintivirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.