How To Use Triumvir In A Sentence
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But I do know there is a greater prospect he will seek a bit of equity in the distribution of investment and development of infrastructure than the present triumvirate.
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And a seafood triumvirate of bluefin tuna, prawn in parsley purée, and scallop carpaccio with bottarga is too stingily portioned to fully enjoy.
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The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumvirs and the future first emperor of Rome.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World
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It is time that capital and labor realized that their interests are really commutual, as interdependent as the brain and the body; time they ceased their fratricidal strife and, uniting their mighty forces under the flag of Progress, completed the conquest of the world and doomed Poverty, Ignorance and Vice -- hell's great triumvirate -- to banishment eternal.
The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12
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In the Bacon Labor Government three men were invariably referred to as the triumvirate and credited with being the power behind the Tasmanian Government's success.
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Political anarchy reigned in Rome at the hands of the triumvirs.
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The former category includes a triumvirate of flame-heated specialties: liqueur-spiked Gruyère as a dip for French bread, meats fried in hot peanut oil, and strawberries dunked in melted chocolate.
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In the wake of his death, three men moved forward to form a new triumvirate which would punish Caesar's assassins and then divide up the Roman world.
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The system was revived later in the century by the triumvirs Mark Antony, Marcus Lepidus and Octavian to eliminate those judged sympathetic to the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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He also spent some time in Sicily, and returned to Rome probably at the age of 23 or 24, where he allowed himself to be nominated _triumvir capitalis, decemvir litibus iudicandis_, and _centumvir_, in quick succession.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
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‘It was thought we'd be quite a good triumvirate,’ he explains.
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The unholy triumvirate of developer, planner and architect had maimed it for ever in the sixties and seventies.
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He provided the balance within the ruling triumvirate, holding command over the 45,000-strong army.
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_Ep_. lviii Promulgavit et aliam legem agrariam, qua sibi latius agrum patefaceret, ut iidem triumviri judicarent qua publicus ager, qua privatus esset.
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
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Triumviri might be very well; Archie also had heard of triumviri; but two were company, and three were none.
The Claverings
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However, Elizabeth, James and Henry formed a triumvirate of monarchs, to which Essex, as her creature, could not aspire.
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The deadlocked triumvirate of urban political authority was unable to effect the economic changes necessary to revitalize the local economy.
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The author's cultural history of the triumviral period is a useful model for approaching other similarly troublesome moments in Roman history.
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Leaving behind the triumvirate, we enter into the duple meter of blank and, then, free verse.
THE PROSODY HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO POETIC FORM by ROBERT BEUM & KARL SHAPIRO
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The men wearing numbers 5, 6 and 35 make up a defensive triumvirate as formidable, aggressive, powerful and obdurate as any in the club's history.
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But his triumviri terrarum far beyond the rest, are
Anatomy of Melancholy
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Thou makest the triumviry, the corner-cap of society,
Love’s Labour ’s Lost
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If one demarcates alpha, beta, and gamma world cities as three meaningful tiers, the alpha tier includes the usual urban triumvirate (London, New York, and Tokyo) but also Paris.
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Finally, in the last few days, IBM, the father of PC technology, has added its corporate voice to those of this powerful triumvirate.
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The Republican beginnings of imperial cult come not surprisingly after a triumviral grant of privileges in 39 BC.
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Cicero was killed on the seventh of December, about ten days from the settlement of the triumvirate, after he had lived _sixty-three years, eleven months, and five days_.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements
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The singular, _triumvir_, does not justify the plural _triumviri_, since the ordinary grammatical laws require _tres viri_.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino
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In addition, Octavian had started to prefix his name with the designation ‘Imperator,’ to suggest that he was the commander par excellence; and now, although he continued to use his triumviral powers, he omitted all reference to them from his coins, gradually concentrating on the plain, emotive name ‘Caesar Son of a God.’
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Since 1924, Gleneagles has been part of a triumvirate of attractions that started with yachting in Cowes, continued with polo in Deauville and ended with grouse shooting and golf in Perthshire.
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And for full-on red carpet va-va-voom, the big-budget Sin City, from the golden triumvirate of Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, should be hard to beat.
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The supervision of the public prisons at Rome was entrusted to the triumviri capitales.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
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Under a ruling triumvirate, no one executive has clear control.
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In recent years the Delius cause has hardly been helped by the demise – within months – of a triumvirate of his most devoted exponents: Vernon Handley, Richard Hickox and Charles Mackerras.
Delius: beauty in the ear of the beholder
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The unholy triumvirate of developer, planner and architect had maimed it for ever in the sixties and seventies.
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We have an order from the triumviri," began one officer.
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
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The executive power was vested in a triumvirate that was even more moderate than the assembly.
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Robespierre, on the extreme Left, with perhaps Petion and lean old Goupil, for the very Triumvirate has defalcated, are shrieking hoarse; drowned in Constitutional clamour.
The French Revolution
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The care of the jails, up to the middle of the third century, was included among the duties of the triumviri capitales.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
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Antony emerged triumphant and the dominant partner of the triumvirate, while Octavian's seeming cowardice caused a severe if temporary setback to his ambitions.
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For a time, he simply continued by virtue of the powers he had won as a triumvir.
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Thou makst the triumviry, the corner-cap of society,
Act IV. Scene III. Love’s Labour’s Lost
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Octavius, nephew of Julius Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus, united as triumvirs, oppose the forces raised by Brutus and Cassius.
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There can be a motion of no confidence in the whole ruling triumvirate or quadrumvirate but not in an individual leader.
ADDRESS OF NELSON MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ON RECEIVING AN HONORARY LLD DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
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The opening triumvirate is as strong as any string of songs he's written, and the wistful finality of the sweetly cathartic title track foreshadows a disappointing comedown.
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The five that had already fallen when John received the vision were the regal power, the consular, the decemvirate, the military tribunes, and the triumvirate.
The Last Reformation
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The kingdom of unloved avians is ruled by the trash triumvirate: House Sparrow, European Starling, and Rock Pigeon.
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I could see Flynn's place now - a vital point in the Brismand triumvirate.
COASTLINERS
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Sending a triumvirate of trained pollsters and media men into the bumpkin's backwoods barrio, he hopes to help the honky-tonk hick win more than his fair share of the illiterate Appalachian vote.
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In betraying your fellow Kings you have broken the sacred Triumvirate of Atlantis.
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The great triumvirate of white South African novelists share obvious preoccupations in the new South Africa.
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The three brothers made an unlikely triumvirate.
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Part documentary, part historical record keeping, and part voyeurism is the triumvirate of this disc.
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Gibingly circumstantial was an insurance web site not to tichodroma the bibliothecarial vice, or triumvir, of the cytoarchitecture neuropteron stupaed to sunday the blether of that zooplankton.
Rational Review
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In 1923, as he fought for ‘proletarian democracy’ against the triumvirate led by Stalin, he changed his mind again, but by then he was too involved to speak decisively.
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The consular _triumviri_, not perhaps quite independent of external influences, were originally adopted as a temporary expedient.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
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But that did not happen, and the House of Lords survived in a triumvirate with the king and Commons.
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He shot into fame as one of the triumvirate during an All-India agitation against the partition of Bengal.
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-- In Act Two, a immature Pompey is in fighting behind opposite a triumvirate of Octavius, Antony as good as Lepidus, fervent to rehabilitate a reputation of his father, once cheered by a Roman mob, killed in conflict by Julius Caesar.
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In fact, they are a staggering triumvirate of imagery crafters.
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After Julius Caesar's assassination, the triumvirs was formed, consisting of three determined men, Octavius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Lepidus, who shared the rule of the Roman Empire.
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For now there are two rival triumvirates - main owner, dedicated trainer and retained jockey - fighting it out for supremacy.
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The recipes inside are a grim compendium of lumberingly heavy dinosaur classics - flour-thickened cream sauces, heart - clogging glacages and soubises, the obligatory triumvirate of ‘protein, starch, vegetable’ on nearly every plate.
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In 36, Octavian defeated Pompey's son Sextus Pompeius at Naulochus, and also ousted Lepidus from the triumvirate.
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And, in the next saunter of the tonnish triumvirs, Lord Newford, suddenly seeing with whom she was associated, stopt, and looking at her with an air of surprise, exclaimed, 'God bless me!
Camilla
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One subtle element of those checks and balances is that they are based on a triumvirate of power, not a face-off.
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Mark Antony has been spending his time in Egypt with his mistress, Cleopatra, and neglecting his duties as part of the triumvirate of Rome.
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They used bribery to get him elected consul for 59 (this pact is known as the ‘first triumvirate’ - a term without ancient authority).
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Hermione isn't portrayed as the main character but she is the main source of knowledge, even wisdom, I would say, and adds strength in the triumvirate.
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After his death, the triumviral riots were exacerbated.
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But she had difficulty wresting control from the old triumvirate and before long she too was involved in a turf war with other senior managers.
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The “second triumvirate” could be considered a form of amicitia, since that was the word that the Romans used to denote political alliance; and Pollio may have structured his history by beginning and ending it with these two instances of friendship among princes.
Cracking the Shakespeare Code - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
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Atleast one - third of this triumvirate isn't going anywhere, so I'm seeing more fiction than fact.
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The unholy triumvirate of developer, planner and architect had maimed it for ever in the sixties and seventies.
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The aediles and triumviri capitales, responsible for the order of the city, could do nothing; the Senate had to commission the praetor urbanus to rid the people of these _religiones_.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
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It should have focused the minds, but Liverpool were still looking lethargic, with the striking triumvirate remarkably light on goalscoring opportunities.
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The shape of post-war Europe was decided in Potsdam in 1945 by the Allied triumvirate of Churchill, Truman and Stalin.
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This left the empire in the hands of Octavian and Antony, who retained their triumviral power.
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After the assassination of Julius Caesar and seizure of power by the Second Triumvirate, Brutus and Cassius were left commanding republican forces in the east.
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The unpalatable truth, which the cosy triumvirate of mainstream parties refuse to face, is that there is not, and never has been a liberal consensus in this country.
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The government has also organized a triumvirate merger between three state-owned financial institutions.