Also 8 quinquin- (?). [ad. L. quinquevirātus, f. quinquevirī five men.] An association, board, etc., consisting of five men. Also attrib.
1710. Harley, Secr. Hist. Arlus & Odolphus, 20. Odolphus … went himself Express with the news of his Defeat to the Quinquinvirate.
1762. trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., V. 513. The quinquevirate-court for the reparation of injuries.
1885. Sat. Rev., 3 Jan., 1/1. When the Quinquevirate sat round that famous table.
