👉 Comitium, in Latin, literally means "committee." It is a group of people who work together to make decisions or take actions. In politics and other forms of government, it can refer to an executive branch agency that has the authority to make decisions on behalf of the government. The term was first used by Thomas Jefferson in his 1803 book "Thoughts on Government," where he described a committee as a body of people who work together to accomplish something. The term is