decemvirate

== English == === Alternative forms === Decemvirate (specific uses) (misspelling): decimvirate === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:government ==== Coordinate terms ==== See Thesaurus:government ==== Related terms ==== decemvir decemviral ==== Translations ==== === References === "decemvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. “decemvirate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.