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Word Meanings - TRIUMVIRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government. 2. A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.

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  • THREE-SQUARE
    Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
  • ASSOCIATION
    1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
  • THREE-MILE
    Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state.
  • THREE-PILE
    An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
  • ASSOCIATIONIST
    One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • ROMANY
    1. A gypsy.
  • UNIONISTIC
    Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
  • THREE-DECKER
    A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
  • ROMANTICAL
    Romantic.
  • COALITIONIST
    One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.
  • ROMANISH
    Pertaining to Romanism.
  • THREE-SIDED
    Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
  • THREE-CORNERED
    Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
  • ROMANTICIST
    One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R. Seeley.
  • OBTAINABLE
    Capable of being obtained.
  • THREE-PORT
    Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
  • EMPIRE STATE
    New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.
  • THREE-PLY
    Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
  • THREE-PARTED
    Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.
  • INTERCOMMUNION
    Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
  • POST OFFICE
    See POST
  • REUNION
    1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects. 2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a
  • ELEUTHEROMANIAC
    Mad for freedom.
  • BOOKING OFFICE
    1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
  • REOBTAINABLE
    That may be reobtained.
  • NECROMANCER
    One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.
  • CROWN OFFICE
    The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
  • HIEROMANCY
    Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.

 

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