Decemvir [noun]
Definition of Decemvir:
ten of something
Opposite/Antonyms of Decemvir:
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Sentence/Example of Decemvir:
Whilst appearing to favour Pompey, it deprived him, on account of his absence, of the chance of being chosen decemvir.
There was the keen, eagle face of the infamous Decemvir, the persecutor of Virginia—a villain, but a daring and imperious villain.
The Decemvir generals tried to stop them, but they only answered, "We are men with swords in our hands."
Claudius, the instrument of Appius the decemvir for entrapping Virginia.
It is of no consequence who inhabits the palace—a king, a tribune, an emperor, or a decemvir.
The decemvir's lictor attacks Valerius and Horatius: the fasces are broken by the people.
To them the assembly pays attention, they drown with clamour the voice of the decemvir.
Here is the Roman Lucillus, formerly a Decemvir, who has been banished.
His term of service ended, the dread decemvir passed again into private life.
The cry of the nurse for help brought a crowd around them, and all parties went before the Decemvir.