triumvirate
A council of three magistrates ruling jointlyA council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
Meaning
3 senses(Ancient Rome, historical)A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
(broadly)Any group of three joint rulers.
Triumvirat
триумвира́тtriumvirát, тро́йкаtrójka, три́оtrío
тріумвіра́тtriumvirát
a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority
(broadly, figuratively)Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio.
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Forms
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