[f. on L. type *centumvirāt-us (cf. triumvirātus), f. centumvir: see above, and -ATE1.]

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  1.  The office of the Roman centumviri, or the body of these collectively.

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1727–51.  Chambers, Cycl., Centumvirate, among the Romans, a court of one hundred magistrates or judges.

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1765.  C. Smart, trans. Phædrus, III. ix. (Bohn), 503. Th’ accusers take the woman straight, And drag to the centumvirate.

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  2.  gen. A body of 100 men.

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1761.  Sterne, Tr. Shandy, III. xx. Finding food and raiment all that term for a centumvirate of the profession.

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