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decemvirate
[dih-sem-ver-it, -vuh-reyt]
/ dɪˈsɛm vər ɪt, -vəˌreɪt /
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It is not clear indeed whether several decemvirates, or one for the whole country, is to be understood.
From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Kennedy, Charles Rann