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Etymology
From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Noun
decemvirate (plural decemvirates)
- A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
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