Crossword-Solution: DECEMVIRATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Decemvirate | n. | The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome. |
| Decemvirate | n. | A body of ten men in authority. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “DECEMVIRATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| RULING body of ten members | 1 answer |
| the office of decemvir | 1 answer |
| Magistracy | 53 answers |
| Office | 90 answers |
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Sentences with DECEMVIRATE (5)
CONSULAR, OR MILITARY TRIBUNES.--The overthrow of the decemvirate was followed by a long struggle between the nobles and the commons, which was an effort on the part of the latter to gain admission to the consulship; for up to this time only a patrician could hold that office.
The Thessalians, again, think ye, said I, when he ejected their tyrants, and gave back Nicaea and Magnesia, they expected to have the decemvirate [Footnote: Thessaly was anciently divided into four districts, each called a _tetras_, and this, as we learn from the third Philippic, was restored soon after the termination of the Sacred war.
The decemvirate here spoken of (if the text be correct) was a further contrivance to forward Philip's views; whether we adopt Leland's opinion, that each tetrarchy was governed by a council of ten, or Schaefer's, that each city was placed under ten governors.
Jacobs understands the word _decemvirate_ not to refer to any positive form of government, but generally to designate a _tyranny_, such as that which the Lacedaemonians used to introduce into conquered cities.
Finally it was arranged that the Comitia Centuriáta should select from the people at large ten men, called the DECEMVIRATE, to hold office for one year, to direct the government and supersede all other magistrates, and especially to draw up a code of laws to be submitted to the people for approval.