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单词 triumvirate
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triumviraten.

/trʌɪˈʌmvɪrət/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s triumvirat, 1600s triumverat, triumpherate.
Etymology: < Latin triumvirātus, < triumvir , triumvir n.: see -ate suffix1.
1. Roman History. The position, office, or function of the triumviri, or of a triumvir; an association of three magistrates for joint administration: see triumvir n.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > triumvir > association of
triumviry1598
triumvirate1601
triumviracy1678
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. xi. 546 A pretie jest..reported.. as touching Lepidus: It happened during the time of his Triumvirat.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 28 He frets That Lepidus of the Triumpherate, should be depos'd. View more context for this quotation
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 182 The fierce Triumvirate combin'd in peace.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 89 Cæsar's..weaker rivals.., Antony and Lepidus, who had formed with him the Second Triumvirate.
2. By extension: Any association of three joint rulers or powers.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > joint ruler > [noun] > one of specific number of > set of specific number of
triumvirate1584
triumvirship1597
triumviry1598
decemvir1600
pentarchy1607
triumvir1619
decarchya1638
decemvirate1651
tetrarchy1716
decadarchy1849
triarchy1859
triarchate1881
1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 105 What do you think..of this nevv Trivmvirat so latelie concluded about Arbella?
1647 J. Denham in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Com. & Trag. sig. b1v When Johnson, Shakespeare, and thy selfe..sway'd in the Triumvirate of wit.
1742 H. Walpole Let. 7 Jan. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 66 A triumvirate who hate one another more than any body they could proscribe.
1861 Sat. Rev. 23 Nov. 526 He wishes Germany to be ruled by a triumvirate of Ministers.
figurative.1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §19 There is in our Soul a kind of Triumvirate, or triple Government of three Competitors. View more context for this quotation1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxii. 188 That violent and lawless Triumvirate within him, under the falsifi'd names of his Reason, Honour, and Conscience.1898 C. Martyn in Voice (N.Y.) 9 June 6/4 The third member in his triumvirate of powers was a robust conscience.
3. Less exactly, A group or set of three persons (rarely things) thought of together, but not necessarily associated in fact; a trio; esp. three persons of authority or distinction in any sphere.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun]
leashc1330
ternarya1464
trinity1542
three?1544
triad1546
trine1554
triplicity1585
ternion1587
pair royal1592
trinary1596
trias1610
gleek1615
triangle1621
triple1653
triumvirate1655
prial1776
trio1777
trefoil1826
trinomy1838
Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred1937
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 145 June the 14. a Triumvirate of Libellers, Mr. Prin,..Dr. Bastwick,..and Mr. Burton..received a severe censure in the Star-chamber.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxvi. 116 How I cursed the censoriousness of this plaguy triumvirate! A parson, a milliner, and a mantua-maker!
1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 2 The great triumvirate of Italian poetry, good sense, and culture.
1898 W. Graham Last Links 117 The triumvirate of the young century [Byron, Shelley, Keats].
4. attributive or as adj.
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1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 709 Brutus and Cassius..slew Cæsar: whereupon..the triumuirate warre was opened against them.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 181 A petition..vnto the triumuerat Gouernors.
1849 Morning Chron. 3 Feb. A triumvirate leadership..Mr. Herries, Lord Granby, and Mr. Disraeli.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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