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What does Quirites mean?

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Proper noun
  1. The citizens of early Rome
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Even in later years, the Roman citizens were addressed in the Forum as Quirites.
According to Livy the two peoples participated in a ceremony of union after which they were named Quirites after the Sabine town of Cures.
He seemed to stretch out his hands to me, to implore the assistance of the Quirites to protect him against an unjust judge.
Caesar's son will not be exhibited to the Quirites in the triumphal procession.
He is certainly a Roman, and if a Roman, he belongs to the race of the Quirites!

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