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PATRES CONSCRIPTI

\pˈatəz kɒnskɹˈɪpti], \pˈatəz kɒnskɹˈɪpti], \p_ˈa_t_ə_z k_ɒ_n_s_k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_i]\

Definitions of PATRES CONSCRIPTI

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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p[=a]'tres kon-skrip't[=i], n.pl. conscript fathers: the senators of ancient Rome. [L. patres, pl. of pater, a father, conscripti, pl. of conscriptus,--conscrib[)e]re, to enrol.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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