COMITIAS

COMITIA

Co*mi"ti*a, n., pl. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Definition: A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.

Note: There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curiæ; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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