centumvir noun. [sɛn'tʌmvǝ:, k-] Pl. -viri [-vǝri], -virs. E17.
[Latin, from centum a hundred + viri men.]
Roman History. Any of a body of (orig. 105) judges appointed to decide common causes among the Roman people.

■ centumviral adjective L17.

■ centumvirate noun the position of being centumviri, the centumviri collectively; transf. any body of 100 men: M18.

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