triumvirate
Roman History. the office or magistracy of a triumvir.
a government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly.
a coalition of three magistrates or rulers for joint administration.
any association of three in office or authority.
any group or set of three.
Origin of triumvirate
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How to use triumvirate in a sentence
The two triumvirates, created agreeably to this decree of the senate, enlisted free-born men throughout the country.
The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six | Titus LiviusA translation from the French, the History of Triumvirates, was published a year after his decease.
Thomas Otway | Thomas OtwayBut, after all, what can poor popular Triumvirates and fallible august Senators do?
The French Revolution | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for triumvirate
/ (traɪˈʌmvɪrɪt) /
(in ancient Rome)
a board of three officials jointly responsible for some task
the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, formed in 60 bc (First Triumvirate)
the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc (Second Triumvirate)
any joint rule by three men
any group of three men associated in some way
the office of a triumvir
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