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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE..
Use decemvirate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decemvirate means A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE..
Common synonyms include government.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use decemvirate where its definition matches the intended context.
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