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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1599
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(Triumvirate,) Tryumphirat, n. [e.m.E. triumvirat (1584), L. triumvirātus.] A set of three persons jointly responsible for decision-making. —1599 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 495.
[The Lord President, Secretary and Advocate … either of them sups with other night about, so as the deliberation of this matter shall go by a] tryumphirat