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decemvir
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Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
Other meanings
2. noun
Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.
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