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septemvir

American  
[sep-tem-ver] / sɛpˈtɛm vər /

noun

plural

septemvirs, septemviri

  1. a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.

Etymology

Origin of septemvir

1750–60; singular of Latin septemvirī, equivalent to septem seven + virī, plural of vir man

Example Sentences

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Do we not know then, O Pansa, over what places the authority of Lenti Caesennius, as a septemvir, prevails at present?

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Among the interesting acquaintances which he formed at Augsburg, were two brothers, John and Paul Hainzel, the one a septemvir, and the other the consul or burgomaster.

From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Brewster, David, Sir

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