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Webster 1913 Edition


Quinquevir

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Quin′que-vir

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Noun.
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pl; E.
Quinquevirs
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, L.
Quinqueviri
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[L., fr.
quinque
Five +
vir
man.]
(Bot. Antiq.)
One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quinquevir

QUIN'QUEVIR

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