Decemvir

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of a body of ten Roman magistrates, especially a member of one of two such bodies appointed in 451 and 450 B.C. to draw up a code of laws.
  • n. One of an authoritative body of ten.
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  • n. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.
  • n. A member of any body of ten men in authority.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.
  • n. A member of any body of ten men in authority.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the ten men, or decemviri, the title of four differently constituted bodies in ancient Rome.
  • n. By extension, one of any official body of men, ten in number. as the old Council of Ten in Venice.
    • Word Usage
    "Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver; whereof the former was indeed a voluptuous man, and inordinate; but the latter was an austere and wise man: and therefore it seems (though rarely) that love can find entrance, not only into an open heart, but also into a heart well fortified, if watch be not well kept."
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