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- Latin · derived fromvīgintivirātus
- English todayvigintivirate
From Latin vīgintivirātus, from vīgintivir + -ātus (“-ate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
From Latin vīgintivirātus, from vīgintivir + -ātus (“-ate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.