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Meaning of QUINDECEMVIR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Quin`de*cem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L.
{Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty
was to take care of the Sibylline books.
 
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