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quindecemvir

English

Etymology

From Latin quindecemvir, from quindecim (fifteen) + vir (man)

Noun

quindecemvir (plural quindecemvirs or quindecemviri)

  1. (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.

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quindecemvirate

English

Etymology

Misspelling of quindecimvirate after Latin decem.

Noun

quindecemvirate

  1. Alternative form of quindecimvirate.

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