Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUIN-DEC'EM-VIR
QUIN-DEC'A-GONQUIN-DE-CEM'VIR-ATE
QUIN-DEC'EM-VIR, n. [L. quinque, five, decem, ten, and vir, man.]
In Roman history, one of a collection or body of fifteen magistrates, whose business was to preside over the sacrifices. – Encyc.
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