Centumvir

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Centumvir \Cen*tum"vir\, n.; pl. {Centumviri}. [L., fr. centum
     hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.)
     One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try
     civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180,
     and met usually in four sections.
     [1913 Webster]