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Webster 1913 Edition

Quinquevir

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Quin′que-vir

,

Noun.

;

pl; E.

Quinquevirs

(#)

, L.

Quinqueviri

(#)

.

[L., fr.

quinque

Five +

vir

man.]

(Bot. Antiq.)

One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quinquevir

QUIN'QUEVIR

,

Noun.

[L. quinque, five, and vir, man.] One of an order of five priests in Rome.

Definition 2024

quinquevir

quinquevir

English

Noun

quinquevir ‎(plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)

One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

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