triumvirate

From Latin triumvirātus, from triumvirī (“triumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

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triumvirate (plural triumvirates)

1. An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.

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