Comitia
Pronunciation : Co*mi"ti*a, n.
Part of Speech : pl.
Etymology : [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition : Defn: 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 curi?; 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