novemvirate

词形变化

novemvirates 复数 novemvirates

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of nine people, especially (politics) a council of nine men who share office or rule.

词源

From Latin novemvirātus, from novemvir + -ātus. By surface analysis, novemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group of people performing it)

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