Tri|um|vi|rate

Tri|um|vi|rate
tri|um|vi|rate «try UHM vuhr iht, -vuh rayt», noun.
1. government by three men together.
2. any association of three in office or authority.
3. the position or term of office of a Roman triumvir.
4. Figurative. any group of three; trio.
╂[< Latin triumvirātus triumvir; see etym. under triumvir (Cf. ↑triumvir)]
Tri|um|vi|rate «try UHM vuhr iht, -vuh rayt», noun.
1. the coalition of Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus; First Triumvirate.
2. the coalition of Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus; Second Triumvirate.

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