comitia

American  

[kuh-mish-ee-uh] / kəˈmɪʃ i ə /

noun

Roman History.

1. an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.

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comitia British  

/ kəˈmɪʃəl, kəˈmɪʃɪə /

noun

1. an ancient Roman assembly that elected officials and exercised judicial and legislative authority

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Other Word Forms

• comitial adjective

Etymology

Origin of comitia

1615–25; < Latin, plural of comitium assembly, equivalent to com- com- + -it-, noun derivative of īre to go ( cf. comes) + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

The gold medal for General Gates represents the head of that general, with this legend: horatio gates, duci strenuo, comitia americana.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

This assembly also met, under the name of the comitia calata and under the presidency of the pontifex maximus, for certain religious acts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

He was now liable to military service and qualified to attend the comitia.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

From a very early date the Roman people were divided into thirty groups called curiae, and these curiae served as the units in the organization of the oldest popular assembly—the comitia curiata.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Gracchus stringently enforced the limitation of the freedmen to the four city tribes, which completely destroyed their influence in the comitia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various