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Quindecemvirs
Quindecemvir Quin`de*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs, L. Quindecemviri. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
Quindecemvir
Quindecemvir Quin`de*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs, L. Quindecemviri. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.

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- In ancient Rome, the quindecimviri sacris faciundis were the fifteen (quindecim) members of a college (collegium) with priestly duties. They guarded the...