释义 |
† sexvirate Obs. rare—1. [ad. late L. sexvirātus (sēvirātus), f. sexvir (sēvir) one of six colleagues (back-formation from sex virī six men): see -ate1.] A body of six colleagues.
1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. II. 374 The eldest of the six professors which constitute the sexvirate of the college is styled primicerius. |