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- Latin · derived fromūndecimvirātus
- English todayundecimvirate
From Latin ūndecimvirātus, from ūndecimvirī (“undecimvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A group of eleven people, especially (politics) a council of eleven men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of eleven magistrates in ancient Athens. Full definition →
From Latin ūndecimvirātus, from ūndecimvirī (“undecimvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.