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novemvirate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
novemvi-rate
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of nine people, especially (politics) a council of nine men who share office or rule.

Etymology

From Latin novemvirātus, from novemvir + -ātus. By surface analysis, novemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group of people performing it)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: novemvirātus

Inflected Forms

novemvirates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

novemvir government

Synonyms

government

Questions

What does novemvirate mean?
A group of nine people, especially (politics) a council of nine men who share office or rule.
Where does novemvirate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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