septemviral

[ sep-tem-ver-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of septemviral¹

From the Latin word septemvirālis, dating back to 1635–45. See septemvir, -al ¹

Example Sentences

The highest judicial authority is the supreme court or Septemviral Table, which sits at Agram, and ranks above the royal Justice. courts of appeal, the county courts of first instance, and the district courts or magistracies.

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Men of septemviral rank, Lento and Nucula, and then that delight and darling of the Roman people, Lucius Antonius.

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Agram is the seat of the ban, or viceroy, of Croatia-Slavonia, of the Banal and Septemviral courts, the highest in the land, and of a chamber of commerce.

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