Sep-tĕm'vir, n.

noun

n.: Eng. pl. SEP-TĚM'VIRĒ; Lat. pl. SEP-TĚM'VI-RĪ. [Lat. septem, seven, and viri, men, vir, man.] (Antiq.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office; as, the septemviri epulones, who had charge, among the Romans, of feasts in honor of the gods.