| 单词 |
centumvirate |
| 释义 |
centumvirate|sɛnˈtʌmvɪrət| [f. on L. type *centumvirāt-us (cf. triumvirātus), f. centumvir: see above, and -ate1.] 1. The office of the Roman centumviri, or the body of these collectively.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Centumvirate, among the Romans, a court of one hundred magistrates or judges. 1765C. Smart Phædrus iii. ix. (Bohn) 503 Th' accusers take the woman straight, And drag to the centumvirate. 2. gen. A body of 100 men.
1761Sterne Tr. Shandy iii. xx, Finding food and raiment all that term for a centumvirate of the profession. |

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