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The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

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  1. n. The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.
  2. centumvirate (plural centumvirates) A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.