decemvir

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
2. noun Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.

Similar words

sexvir duumvir sevir decadarch century decurion veintines dodecapolis censor diptych

Often followed by

for appius and of to in until

Word family

decemviral decemvirate decemvirates decemviri decemvirs