Vigintivirate

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

  Vigintivirate \Vi`gin*tiv"i*rate\, n. [L. vigintiviratus, fr.
     vigintiviri; viginti twenty + vir a man.]
     The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of
     government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri.
     [R.]
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