Rom. Hist. Obs. [ad. L. vīgintī-virāt-us, f. vīgintī-virī a board of twenty men.] The office or position of the vigintiviri, a body of twenty men charged with certain administrative functions; this body itself.
1598. Grenewey, Tacitus, Ann., III. vi. 72. He [Tiberius] recomended Nero, one of Germanicus children,… .to the Lords of the Senat: and requested that he might be dispensed with for the office of Vigintiuirat.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Vigintivirate, the Office of the Vigintiviri, or of twenty men in like authority.
1793. Murphy, Tacitus, Ann., III. xxix. 196. That the young prince might be excused from serving the office of the vigintivirate.
