quadrumvirate
IPA: kwɑdrˈʌmvɝʌt
noun
- Synonym of quattuorvirate.
Examples of "quadrumvirate" in Sentences
- When the revolutionary quadrumvirate split into two factions -- Villa -
- If it could be made effective this quadrumvirate was to endure for years.
- He had the justification in his own mind that the quadrumvirate had been ready to desert him anyhow.
- The local banks at the behest of the big quadrumvirate might be coerced into straining their resources still further.
- There can be a motion of no confidence in the whole ruling triumvirate or quadrumvirate but not in an individual leader.
- Here was not only a loophole for himself in connection with his own subtle side-plays, but also, if the quadrumvirate desired, an excuse for deserting the troublesome fortunes of Hull & Stackpole.
- Mr. Gilgan, so Cowperwood knew, was only one of a new quadrumvirate setting out to rule the city, but he pretended to believe that he was the last word — an all power and authority — after the fashion of McKenty.
- Naturally, the minor speculators throughout the city — those who had expected to make a fortune out of this crash — raged and complained, but, being faced by an adamantine exchange directorate, a subservient press, and the alliance between the big bankers and the heavy quadrumvirate, there was nothing to be done.