Definition of Duumvirate

1. n. The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.

Definition of Duumvirate

1. Noun. Any of several branches of the executive in Republican Rome controlled by two people. ¹

2. Noun. A group of two officials; a union or coalition of two people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Duumvirate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duumvirate

duty-bound
duty-bound(p)
duty-free
duty cycle
duty factor
duty of care
duty period
duty to warn
duty tour
dutybound
dutyfree
dutyless
duumvir
duumviral
duumvirate (current term)
duumvirates
duumviri
duumvirs
duvet
duvet covers
duvet day
duvetine
duvetines
duvets
duvetyn
duvetyne
duvetynes
duvetyns
dux

Literary usage of Duumvirate

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1. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and by Joseph Bingham (1834)
"How the Office of the duumvirate made Men guilty of Idolatry, and how it was punished. it there is another canon in the Council of ..."

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