单词 | triumvirate |
释义 | triumviraten. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1584 |
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