Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-CEM'VI-RATE
DE-CEM'VI-RATE, n. [L. decemviratus. See Decemvir.]
- The office or term of office of the decemvirs or ten magistrates in Rome, who had absolute authority for two years.
- A body of ten men in authority.
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