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Quirites

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Qui⋅ri⋅tes

  [kwi-rahy-teez, -ree-]
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–plural noun
the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.
Origin:
< L Quirītēs, pl. of Quirīs, associated, perh. by folk etym., with Cures, a Sabine town
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