octovirate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin octōvirātus, from octōvir +‎ -ātus. By surface analysis, octovir +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group of people performing it). === Noun === octovirate (plural octovirates) (uncommon) A group of eight people, especially (politics) a council of eight men who share office or rule. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:government ==== Coordinate terms ==== See Thesaurus:government ==== Related terms ==== octovir === References === "octovirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.