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Definition of: decemvir
(di·sem′vər) noun plural ·virs or ·vi·ri (-və·rī)
A member of any body of ten magistrates; specifically, one commissioned to codify the laws of Rome in 451 B.C. [<L <decem ten + vir man]
—de·cem′vi·ral adjective
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