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quorum

quo.rum \'kwo-r-*m, 'kwo.r-\ n [ME, quorum of justices of the peace, fr. L, 
   of whom, gen. pl. of qui who]; fr. the wording of the commission formerly 
   issued to justices of the peace 1: the number usu. a majority of officers 
   or members of a body that when du ly assembled is legally competent to 
   transact business 2: a select group  3: a Mormon body comprising those in 
   the same grade of priesthood