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quinquevirate|kwɪnˈkwɛvɪrət| Also 8 quinquin- (?). [ad. L. quinquevirātus, f. quinquevirī five men.] An association, board, etc., consisting of five men. Also attrib.
1710Harley Secr. Hist. Arlus & Odolphus 20 Odolphus..went himself Express with the news of his Defeat to the Quinquinvirate. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. V. 513 The quinquevirate-court for the reparation of injuries. 1885Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 1/1 When the Quinquevirate sat round that famous table. |