QUINDECEMVIR
\kwˈɪndɪsˌɛmvi͡ə], \kwˈɪndɪsˌɛmviə], \k_w_ˈɪ_n_d_ɪ_s_ˌɛ_m_v_iə]\
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One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
By Oddity Software
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One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
By Noah Webster.
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kwin-d[=e]-sem'vir, n. one of a college of fifteen men in ancient Rome who had the charge of the Sibylline books:--pl. QUINDECEM'VIRI.--ns. QUINDEC'AGON, a plane figure with fifteen sides and angles; QUINDECEM'VIRATE, the body of the quindecemviri or their office; QUINDEC'IMA (mus.), the interval of a fifteenth, or double-octave. [L.,--quindecim, fifteen (quinque, five, decem, ten), vir, a man.]
By Thomas Davidson