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Webster 1913 Edition
Quindecemvir
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Quinˊde-cem′vir
,Noun.
pl. E.
Quindecemvirs
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, L. Quindecemviri
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. [L., from
quindecim
fifteen + vir
a man.] (Rom. Antiq.)
One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quindecemvir
QUINDEC'EMVIR
,Noun.
In Roman history, one of a collection or body of fifteen magistrates, whose business was to preside over the sacrifices.