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tri·um·vi·rate       [trahy-uhm-ver-it, -vuh-reyt] Pronunciation Key
–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, -ate3]
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tri·um·vi·rate       (trī-ŭm'vər-ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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triumvirate

noun
a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority 

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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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