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tri⋅um⋅vi⋅rate

[trahy-uhm-ver-it, -vuh-reyt]
–noun
1. Roman History. the office or magistracy of a triumvir.
2. a government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly.
3. a coalition of three magistrates or rulers for joint administration.
4. any association of three in office or authority.
5. any group or set of three.

Origin:
1575–85; < L triumvirātus. See triumvir, -ate 3
tri·um·vi·rate   (trī-ŭm'vər-ĭt)   
n.  
  1. Government by triumvirs.
  2. The office or term of a triumvir.
  3. A body or group of triumvirs.
  4. An association or a group of three. Also called troika.

[Latin triumvirātus, from triumvirī, board of three; see triumvir.]

Triumvirate

Tri*um"vi*rate\, n. [L. triumviratus: cf. F. triumvirat.]

1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.

2. A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.
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