centumvirate
English
Etymology
From centumvir + -ate, after the pattern of triumvirate etc.
Noun
centumvirate (plural centumvirates)
- A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:government
Coordinate terms
- See Thesaurus:government
References
- "centumvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- centumvirate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.