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Definition of Duumvirates
1. duumvirate [n] - See also: duumvirate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duumvirates
Literary usage of Duumvirates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"Heretofore the Tammany organization had been held in the control of constantly
changing combinations* duumvirates, triumvirates and cliques of various ..."
2. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1849)
"Offices under the Empire were honores or munera; the former, places of dignity
and some power, duumvirates and the like: the latter, places of much labour ..."
3. A History of the Mental Growth of Mankind in Ancient Times by John Shertzer Hittell (1893)
"... those who had served their terms in the chief executive offices, of which
there were two, of equal authority, called in the Latin cities duumvirates. ..."
4. Pompeii: Its Life and Art by August Mau, Francis Willey Kelsey (1899)
"... as an interval of at least five years must intervene between two duumvirates,
his third duumvirate must have been not far from 10 BC The pedestal in the ..."
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