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Definition of Decemvirs

Decemvirs
Decemvir De*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Decemvirs, L. Decemviri. [L., fr. decem ten + vir a man.] 1. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. Note: The title of decemvirs was given to various bodies of Roman magistrates. The most celebrated decemvirs framed ``the laws of the Twelve Tables,' about 450 B. C., and had absolute authority for three years. 2. A member of any body of ten men in authority.
Decemvir
Decemvir De*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Decemvirs, L. Decemviri. [L., fr. decem ten + vir a man.] 1. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. Note: The title of decemvirs was given to various bodies of Roman magistrates. The most celebrated decemvirs framed ``the laws of the Twelve Tables,' about 450 B. C., and had absolute authority for three years. 2. A member of any body of ten men in authority.

Meaning of Decemvirs from wikipedia

- The decemviri or decemvirs (Latin for "ten men") refer to official ten-man commissions established by the Roman Republic. The most important were those...
- with cases concerning whether an individual was free. Originally these decemvirs were a jury of ten men, serving under the presidency of a magistrate,...
- ten decemvirs had shared a consul's escort of twelve lictors, each receiving the honour in rotation. But the following year, each of the decemvirs was...
- chosen to serve as decemvir, alongside several other ex-consuls, and the consul-elect, Appius Claudius. Taking office in 451, the decemvirs ****embled the first...
- the appointment of a committee of ten men, known as the decemviri, or decemvirs, to serve for one year in place of the annual magistrates, and codify...
- nundinal calendar of Romulus, calendar of Numa Pompilius, calendar of the decemvirs, irregular Roman calendar, and Julian correction. Tables of the Roman...
- February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the second month. At certain times February...
- one of Rome's most noble patrician families, and head of the college of decemvirs, desires the beautiful and virtuous Virginia. He initiates legal proceedings...
- Decemvirate (Latin: decemviri consulari imperio legibus scribundis, 'decemvirs with consular power for writing laws') that drew up the Twelve Tables...
- plebeians. The decemvirs then continued in office the following year, without calling for new elections. Public resentment of the decemvirs and many of the...