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quadrumvirate definition

quad·rum·vi·rate (kwä drum′və rit, -rāt′)

noun

  1. government by four persons
  2. any group of four persons associated in office or authority

Etymology: quadr- + (tri)umvirate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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