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Meaning of duumvirate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

duumvirate

Pronunciation:/djuːˈʌmvɪɹət/

noun

Definitions

  1. Rule by two people.

  2. A state under the rule of two people.

    Example: Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diarchyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duumvirate

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