Comitia

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  • noun. A popular assembly in ancient Rome having legislative or electoral duties.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In Roman antiquity, assemblies of the people.
  • An assembly.
  • In the English universities, same as act, 5.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.
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  • noun. A popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome
  • Word Usage
    "These assemblies when legally convoked were called comitia: they were usually held in the public square in Rome or at the Campus Martius, and were distinguished by the names of Comitia Curiata, Comitia Centuriata, and Comitia Tributa, according to the form under which they were convoked."
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