septemviraten.

Brit.

/sɛpˈtɛmvᵻrət/, U.S.

/sɛpˈtɛmvərət/

Forms: 1600s septemuirate, 1600s septemvirat, 1600s– septemvirate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin septemvirātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin septemvirātus position or term of office of a septemvir, in post-classical Latin also the body of the seven original electors of the Holy Roman Empire (1608 in the passage translated in quot. 1610 at sense 1) < septemvir septemvir n. + -ātus -ate suffix¹.Compare French septemvirat body of septemviri, position of a septemvir (both 1611 in Cotgrave), the body of the seven original electors of the Holy Roman Empire (c1720).

1. A group of seven; esp. a group or body of seven powerful or important men.In early use often with reference to the seven original electors of the Holy Roman Empire (see elector n. 3).In quot. 1656: government by such a group.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [noun] > by seven

heptarchy1576

septarchy1601

septemvirate1656

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > seven > [noun] > group of seven > group of seven people

septemvirate1780

1610 T. Milles tr. R. Glover Of Nobility in Catal. of Honour 23 The Septemuirat [L. Septemuiratum] of Germany, the Emperor Otho the thirde, and Pope Gregorie the Fift, ordained in the year 960. vnto whom afterwards the Emperour Charles the IIII. engaged the reuenues of the Empire..that he would appoint Wenceslaus his son, heire of the Empire.

1637 tr. J. J. von Rusdorf Evaporation Apple of Palæstine sig. D4 His Imperiall Majesty, and the Famous House of Austria, and..the Septemvirate and States of the Empire [L. cumque Imperij Septem viris & ordinibus].

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Septemvirate, the authority of seven Officers in like power.

1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick II. xxxi. 38 (note) Swift, in his list of six great men, to whom no seventh (as he says) could be added, might have very safely made a septemvirate with Alfred.

1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 196 The legend of the Seven Sleepers, a septemvirate of Christian youths.

2011 J. Helgeson in W. Burgwinkle et al. Cambr. Hist. French Lit. xxii. 201 Chansons, restyled as ‘odes’ by the Pléiade (the elite septemvirate of poets centred around Pierre de Ronsard after 1556).

2. Roman History. The position or office of septemvir epulonum (see septemvir n. 2); the septemviri collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > body of > of specific number

septemvirate1624

the forty1821

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 95 She whose father is a Flamin, a South-sayer, or one of the Decemuirie in the sacrifices, or of the Septemuirate in the banquets.

1751 Earl of Orrery in tr. Pliny the Younger Lett. (Dublin ed.) II. Index Entreating the emperor to bestow upon him the augurship, or the septemvirate.

1901 Z. Nuttall Fund. Princ. Old & New World Civilizations 464 A group consisting of seven ‘septemvir [sic] epulones’ who formed a ‘septemvirate’.

2007 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 128 241 Pliny sought either an augurate or a septemvirate and was eventually awarded an augurate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	septemvirate
释义	septemviraten. Brit. /sɛpˈtɛmvᵻrət/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɛmvərət/ Forms: 1600s septemuirate, 1600s septemvirat, 1600s– septemvirate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin septemvirātus. Etymology: < classical Latin septemvirātus position or term of office of a septemvir, in post-classical Latin also the body of the seven original electors of the Holy Roman Empire (1608 in the passage translated in quot. 1610 at sense 1) < septemvir septemvir n. + -ātus -ate suffix¹.Compare French septemvirat body of septemviri, position of a septemvir (both 1611 in Cotgrave), the body of the seven original electors of the Holy Roman Empire (c1720). 1. A group of seven; esp. a group or body of seven powerful or important men.In early use often with reference to the seven original electors of the Holy Roman Empire (see elector n. 3).In quot. 1656: government by such a group. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [noun] > by seven heptarchy1576 septarchy1601 septemvirate1656 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > seven > [noun] > group of seven > group of seven people septemvirate1780 1610 T. Milles tr. R. Glover Of Nobility in Catal. of Honour 23 The Septemuirat [L. Septemuiratum] of Germany, the Emperor Otho the thirde, and Pope Gregorie the Fift, ordained in the year 960. vnto whom afterwards the Emperour Charles the IIII. engaged the reuenues of the Empire..that he would appoint Wenceslaus his son, heire of the Empire. 1637 tr. J. J. von Rusdorf Evaporation Apple of Palæstine sig. D4 His Imperiall Majesty, and the Famous House of Austria, and..the Septemvirate and States of the Empire [L. cumque Imperij Septem viris & ordinibus]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Septemvirate, the authority of seven Officers in like power. 1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick II. xxxi. 38 (note) Swift, in his list of six great men, to whom no seventh (as he says) could be added, might have very safely made a septemvirate with Alfred. 1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 196 The legend of the Seven Sleepers, a septemvirate of Christian youths. 2011 J. Helgeson in W. Burgwinkle et al. Cambr. Hist. French Lit. xxii. 201 Chansons, restyled as ‘odes’ by the Pléiade (the elite septemvirate of poets centred around Pierre de Ronsard after 1556). 2. Roman History. The position or office of septemvir epulonum (see septemvir n. 2); the septemviri collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > body of > of specific number septemvirate1624 the forty1821 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 95 She whose father is a Flamin, a South-sayer, or one of the Decemuirie in the sacrifices, or of the Septemuirate in the banquets. 1751 Earl of Orrery in tr. Pliny the Younger Lett. (Dublin ed.) II. Index Entreating the emperor to bestow upon him the augurship, or the septemvirate. 1901 Z. Nuttall Fund. Princ. Old & New World Civilizations 464 A group consisting of seven ‘septemvir [sic] epulones’ who formed a ‘septemvirate’. 2007 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 128 241 Pliny sought either an augurate or a septemvirate and was eventually awarded an augurate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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