Triumvirate Definition

trī-ŭmvər-ĭt
noun
The office, functions, or term of a triumvir.
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Government by three persons or by a coalition of three parties.
Webster's New World
Any group or set of three.
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Any association of three in authority.
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Noun

Singular:
triumvirate
Plural:
triumvirates

Origin of Triumvirate

  • Latin triumvirātus from triumvirī board of three triumvir

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin triumvīrātus.

    From Wiktionary

Triumvirate Sentence Examples

  • In Rome the triumvirate decided to defend the republic to the last.

  • Antonius marched on Rome, drove out Lepidus, and promised the people that the triumvirate should be abolished.

  • In 65 he was censor, and in 60 he joined Pompey and Caesar in the coalition known as the first triumvirate.

  • Rivalries and tensions multiply and there is no shared external enemy to keep the triumvirate together.

  • Rose worked with Cass Elliott, a future member of the Mamas and Papas, in a group called The triumvirate.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRI

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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