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comitia

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co⋅mi⋅ti⋅a

  [kuh-mish-ee-uh]
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–noun Roman History.
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
Origin:
1615–25; < L, pl. of comitium assembly, equiv. to com- com- + -it-, n. deriv. of īre to go (cf. comes ) + -ium -ium

Related forms:
co⋅mi⋅tial  [kuh-mish-uhl] , adjective
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co·mi·ti·a   (kə-mĭsh'ē-ə, -mĭsh'ə)   
n.   pl. comitia
A popular assembly in ancient Rome having legislative or electoral duties.

[Latin, from pl. of comitium, assembly place, from pl. of comitium, assembly place : com-, com- + itus, past participle of īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
co·mi'tial (-mĭsh'əl) adj.
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