quadrumvirate

== English == === Etymology === From quadri- (“four”) + morphologically the second part of triumvirate (“rule by three men”). Cf. Latin quattuorvirātus. === Noun === quadrumvirate (plural quadrumvirates) Synonym of quattuorvirate. ==== Related terms ==== quadrumvir === References === "quadrumvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.